Science and Sustainability

Exam 1

Carrying Capacity

Which term fits the description the amount of individuals that an environment may sustain? 

humans, human affects, and all of the other natural processes

What does the true environment include? 

plastic production

Which of these is not an ecosystem service?

helps absorb flood water

How do wetlands protect our communities? 

hurting ecosystem services

Humans extracting groundwater at a rate faster than it can be replenished is..

fossil fuels

Which of these is not a renewable resource and is effectively a finite resource?

industrial revolution

Which of these led to a major shift of the human population from rural areas to highly densely populated urban environments?

better medicine and sanitation

Which of these led to a major jump in the human population?

ecological footprint

Which of these is the term that describes the collection of water, resources, and land an individual uses for their survival and lifestyle?

environmentalism

Which part of these is not a true component of environmental science? 

economics

Which of these is more a part of environmental studies and not environmental science?

it may affect governmental policy and how we live

Why is environmental science such a contentious and controversial subject? 

Which of these is not a component of science? 

truth

descriptive science

What type of science is a scientist exhibiting when they are making conclusions based off of observations of a phenomena?

peer reviewed journals

Which of these will give you the most reliable scientific information? 

citations to peer reviewed journals

What should you look for when reading popular media or watching a YouTube video about science?

hypothesis

What part of science does this statement belong:"If we introduce more carbon dioxide to the environment, then the lower atmosphere will warm."

become a scientific theory

What can a hypothesis become when hypotheses have been tested and supported through experimentation and have evidence to back up the support?

There is a finite supply and it is not sustainable

Why should we shift away from fossil fuels, even if it has no effect on the global environment? 

peer review

What is a powerful tool used in science to make sure the science being presented is the most accurate to reality? 

atoms

An element is made up of...

nutrients

Which of these is the term for elements that make up living organisms? 

radioactive isotopes

Radiation is the energy released from..

1/3

How many of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation's tanks are leaky?

bioremediation

Which of these is the process of using organisms to clean up waste, including that of radioactive isotopes? 

oil is full of non-polar covalent bonds which do no react to water's polarity

Which of these is the best description of why oil does not dissolve in water?

carbon and hydrogen

Which two elements make up all organic molecules? 

polymer

Which of these is the name for a long chain of organic molecules bonded to one another? 

amino acids

Which of these are the building blocks for proteins?

lipids

Which of these can act as an insulator for the body and cushioning for organs.  

thermodynamics

Which of these describes how the state of energy can change, but never changed the amount of energy in the universe? 

geothermal energy

Which of these can life use as an energy source to produce organic molecules at the bottom of the ocean? 

photosynthesiss

Which of these is used by some organisms to covert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose? 

plate tectonics

What has caused the geography of the earth to change over time? 

pull apart

Which of these is not a type of boundary between tectonic plates?

all of these

Which of these can cause Tsunamis? 

large amounts of rain

Landslides can result from..

a chain or volcanoes around the edge of the pacific ocean

Which of these does the ring of fire describe? 

sedimentary

What type of rock is formed by the weathering and erosion of the earth's surface? 

our extraction of fossil fuels and replacement by waste water

Which of these induces earthquakes?