Neo-malthusians believe _____.

population growth will lead to disaster

Environmentalism is _____.

a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world.

Natural resources that are "in between" on the renewability continuum include _____.

fresh water, forest products, and soil

Renewable natural resources that return very quickly include _____.

sunlight, wind energy, and wave energy

Nonrenewable natural resources include _____.

crude oil, coal, and copper ore

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Environmental Science 1.1 Our Island, Earth Introduction to Environmental Science

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1
Ozone is _____.
O3
O2
O4
O
2
Neo-malthusians believe _____.
only Neo can free humanity from the Matrix
population growth will lead to disaster
sustainability is more important than renewability
technology will always allow us to stretch our resources
3
Ozone in the upper atmosphere was being destroyed by _____.
UV light
CO2
HGHs
CFCs
4
Environmentalism is _____.
an interdisciplinary field
the study of the natural world
the study of how the world affects us, and vice versa.
a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world.
5
The "tragedy of the commons" is an idea popularized by _____.
Garrett Hardin
Thomas Midgely, Jr.
Paul Ehrlich
Thomas Malthus
6
Natural resources that are "in between" on the renewability continuum include _____.
fresh water, forest products, and soil
crude oil, coal, and copper ore
sunlight, wind energy, and wave energy
all of these resources
7
The _____ caused an increase in human population 300 years ago.
population revolution
industrial revolution
agricultural revolution
American Revolution
8
Renewable natural resources that return very quickly include _____.
crude oil, coal, and copper ore
all of these resources
sunlight, wind energy, and wave energy
fresh water, forest products, and soil
9
The environment includes _____.
all of these things
buildings
parking lots
continents
10
Resource use that can continue at the same rate into the foreseeable future is _____.
nonrenewable
sustainable
renewable
ecological
11
An ecological footprint expresses an individual's or population's use of _____.
carbon and oxygen
carbon
land, water, carbon, and oxygen
land and water
12
The _____ caused an increase in human population 10,000 years ago.
population revolution
agricultural revolution
industrial revolution
revolution 9
13
Nonrenewable natural resources include _____.
fresh water, forest products, and soil
all of these resources
crude oil, coal, and copper ore
sunlight, wind energy, and wave energy
14
Environmental Science is the study of _____.
how the natural world works
all of these things
how we affect our environment
how our environment affects us
15
One of the first people to predict that population growth could be a problem was _____.
Thomas Malthus
Paul Ehrlich
Garrett Hardin
Thomas Midgely, Jr.

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