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Holt Environmental Science: Chapter 1 Review
Holt Environmental Science: Chapter 1 Review
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A review of Chapter 1 in the Holt Environmental Science textbook.
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1
"If I don't use it someone else will"
Tragedy of the Commons
sustainability
law of supply and demand
cost-benefit analysis
2
A person's ecological footprint takes into account
forest area that absorbs pollution
land taken up by housing
all of the above
land used for crops and grazing
3
Which of the following is
NOT
a direct result of the Industrial Revolution?
improvement in the quality of life
over-hunting of large mammals
shift to the use of fossil fuels
growth of cities
4
Using the law of supply and demand, if the oil supply declined, but the demand stayed the same:
oil usage would increase
oil usage would drop
oil prices would increase
oil prices would drop
5
natural material that is formed at a slower rate than it is consumed
closed system
renewable natural resource
sustainable natural resource
nonrenewable natural resource
6
state in which a population can survive indefinitely
sustainability
supply and demand
developing nation
agriculture
7
Developed countries make up __% of the world's population, but uses __% of its resources.
75, 50
50, 75
20, 75
75, 20
8
All of the following make up the 3 major categories of environmental problems
except
loss of biodiversity
pollution
overpopulation
resource depletion
9
renewable resource is to nonrenewable resource as
iron is to water
trees is to sunlight
water is to trees
trees is to crude oil
10
humans lived in tribes, using fires to maintain the prairies
agricultural revolution
industrial revolution
Hunter-gatherers
11
biodegradable is to nonbiodegradable as
cotton is to polyester
plastic is to newspaper
pollutant is to toxin
mercury is to lead
12
Hardin's essay "Tragedy of the Commons" addressed conflicts related to....
preventing pollution
protecting shared resources
preserving biodiversity
curbing overpopulation
13
study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving environment
ecology
sustainability
agriculture
environmental science
14
Developed countries often
eventually become developing countries
faster population growth and diverse industrial economies
have higher incomes and faster population growth
have higher average incomes and slower population growth
15
Which of the following is a "develop
ing"
nation?
Canada
France
Ethiopia
the United States
16
describes the relationship between an item's availability and its value
Tragedy of the Commons
loss of biodiversity
law of supply and demand
renewable resource
17
may be used to determine how much to spend to control pollution
cost-benefit analysis
law of supply and demand
sustainability
Tragedy of the Commons
18
undesirable change in air, water or soil
Tragedy of the Commons
resource depletion
pollution
sustainability
19
During the agricultural revolution,
fossil fuel use increased
both RED and GOLD
human populations decreased due to disease
Plants and animals were domesticated
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Helps determine a products worth
cost-benefit analysis
law of supply and demand
Tragedy of the Commons
sustainability
