Deep Ecology

Environmental science is a study of all of the following interactions between humans and the environment EXCEPT
A) How humans use natural resources
B) How humans explore outer space
C) How human beings relate to the nonliving environment
D) How human actions alter the environment
2.
Using scientific information from chemistry and biology to devise a plan to clean up a lake and make it healthy again describes
A) ecology.
B) environmental science.
C) earth science.
D) social science.
3.
All of the following issues involve environmental science EXCEPT
A) Measuring smog levels in cities
B) Asking people questions about the cost of various resources
C) Studying the loss of plant and animal species
D) Publishing the results of a study on fossil fuel depletion
4.
The study of the Earth’s surface, interior processes, and history is called
A) biology.
B) botany.
C) ecology.
D) geology.
5.
The study of the Earth’s atmosphere and climate is called
A) geography.
B) climatology.
C) botany.
D) geology.
6.
During the agricultural revolution,
A) plants and animals were domesticated.
B) fossil fuel use increased.
C) human populations decreases due to disease.
D) pollution increased.
7.
Most of today’s environmental problems began during which period in human history?
A) The hunter-gatherer period
B) The agricultural revolution
C) The Industrial Revolution
D) The Enlightenment
8.
During the __________, humans lived in tribes and used fires to maintain prairie habitat.
A) hunter-gatherer period in history
B) agricultural revolution
C) Industrial Revolution
D) Enlightenment
9.
All of the following are positive developments that occurred during the Industrial Revolution EXCEPT
A) Less-expensive production of goods
B) Less-efficient transportation
C) More-efficient agriculture
D) Improved sanitation
10.
Which of the following is a negative impact that hunter-gatherer groups had on the environment?
A) They depleted rivers and ponds of wildlife.
B) They spread disease.
C) They domesticated plants.
D) They overhunted large mammals.
11.
Salt, sand, and clay are all
A) pollutants.
B) renewable resources.
C) biodegradable.
D) nonrenewable resources.
12.
Copper ore, petroleum, and diamonds are all
A) pollutants.
B) renewable resources.
C) biodegradable.
D) nonrenewable resources.
13.
All of the following are renewable resources EXCEPT
A) Sunlight
B) Water
C) Minerals
D) Air
14.
Natural material formed at a much slower rate than it is used is called
A) pollutants.
B) renewable resources.
C) biodegradable.
D) nonrenewable resources.
15.
Which of the following situations best describes the use of a renewable resource?
A) Filling a car with gasoline
B) Building wooden furniture
C) Mining copper
D) Burning coal in a power plant
16.
The term biodiversity refers to
A) The number of species living on Earth.
B) The number and variety of species living on Earth.
C) The number and variety of species that are considered renewable.
D) The number and variety of species that live in an area.

17.
Newspapers and human sewage are examples of __________ pollutants.
A) natural
B) biodegradable
C) nondegradable
D) renewable
18.
The three major categories of environmental problems include loss of biodiversity, pollution, and
A) resource depletion.
B) population growth.
C) a decrease in agriculture.
D) global warming.
19.
__________ is a biodegradable material that becomes a pollutant if allowed to accumulate more rapidly than it can decompose.
A) Plastic
B) Mercury
C) Newspaper
D) Metal from junk cars
20.
Why is the world’s loss of biodiversity a source of concern?
A) All forms of life are inner connected. Humans depend upon other organisms for food and oxygen.
B) Species extinctions have been rare throughout history.
C) Loss of biodiversity is not a concern because extinctions are common.
D) Biodiversity makes life more interesting.

Join us on March 4, 2011 for a conference focusing on the California Coast at the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. This conference is an initiative of a private foundation and the University of California, Irvine, who together can do more than they can do separately on significant unsolved problems of global society. This conference will feature research experts and community leaders, who will discuss the past, present and future preservation of the California Coast. For more information and to RSVP, please visit: socialecology.uci.edu

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Hi, im in eight grade and i want to know what some good colleges i can look into. My school just had a college fair and i just realized i dont know what i picture myself doing in the future. well i hvae some ideas which are

-An accountant
-Childrens Books Author
-other

Any job would be fine i guess. im great in math and english. im struggling in Social studies and science(living enviorment, ecology).

im good with computers, i guess lol. im not really shure what you need to know to sign up for a college, so any help would be nice please!

Shiny Media’s Abi and Zara demonstrate new Oliver Heath crystal LED fairy lights from Ecocentric. These are among the best low-energy Christmas lights we’ve seen yet!