Environmental Issues - The Review

Reducing fertility rate is the only realistic way to reduce population growth.

A hypothesis should be written as follows: "if I do x, then y will happen."

The carrying capacity of a given population describes its:

When a population grows at an ever-increasing rate, we call it:

High populations of European rabbits in Australia increase the carrying capacity for all life.

In Australia, what is the current limiting factor for the European rabbit population?

What method is used to test solutions in environmental science?

Fertility rate is the birth rate minus the death rate.

Which of the following strategies have been used by nations to influence their population growth?

The European rabbit population that was released in Australia grew exponentially as it spread across the country.

Which of the following is NOT a well-supported hypothesis for what led to deforestation on Easter Island?

Overpopulation is an environmental issues because natural resources can become permanently depleted.

We need both human communities and natural ecosystems to be sustainable.

What term is used to describe the effect of an environmental issue on money and the economy?

Sustainability means taking away resources from future generations in order to meet our present needs.

Mr. LeBlanc is the middle child of his family.

Limiting factors for a population can be both living and non-living.

In an experiment, the control group is the group where you test the effect of some change.

Why aren't high populations of European rabbits an environmental issue in Europe?

In recent years, Canada increased immigration rates because population growth has been declining.

What determines a population's carrying capacity?

At what number of weeks does this population reach its carrying capacity?

Carrying capacity can only change if a long-term or permanent change occurs in the environment.

What year did Mr. LeBlanc graduate high school?

You want to see whether loud noise affects student test results. Students in the experimental group would:

Environmental science is the study of:

What term is used to describe the effect of an environmental issue on nature?

The carrying capacity of a population is fixed and unchangeable.

What event ultimately led to the decline of the population on Easter Island?

Availability of food or number of predators often cause populations to fluctuate around their carrying capacity.

When a population grows until it reaches its carrying capacity, we call it:

There are people involved in any environmental issue. We call such people:

What is Mr. LeBlanc's favorite color?

What term is used to describe the effect of an environmental issue on people and society?