Chapter 1 Review

Ecology

TEST WEDNESDAY

September 19, 2012

What are the 3 main

environmental problems?

A) Resource depletion, pollution, extinction

B) Renewable resources, extinction,

pollution

C) Environmental Science, ecology, biology

D) Nonrenewable resources, renewable

resources, pollution

What characteristics do

developing countries have?

A) low average income

B) less industrialized

C) examples include Kenya and Mexico

D) All of the above

What occurs when the human

population grows too quickly for

the region to support it?

A) Consumption Crisis

B) Sustainable World

C) Population Crisis

D) All of the above

What occurs when the people use

up or waste or pollute natural

resources faster than they can be

replaced?

A) Consumption Crisis

B) Sustainable World

C) Population Crisis

D) All of the above

What did Keene High School

students study?

A) Sharks

B) Mussels

C) Dolphins

D) All of the above

What science seeks to answer

questions about how the natural

world works?

A) Environmental Science

B) Ecology

C) Pure Science

D) Applied Science

What science uses the

information provided by pure

science?

A) Environmental Science

B) Ecology

C) Pure Science

D) Applied Science

What occurs when the last of a

species dies?

A) Endangered species

B) Extinction

C) Decreased species

What is the graph showing?

What is the price difference

between 2005 & 2007 in August?

Which food type prices increased

the MOST in 2007?

Which food type prices increased

the LEAST in 2007?

A __________ is a testable

explanation for an observation?

A) Prediction

B) Hypothesis

C) Experiment

What is the correct order of the

scientific method? A) Observation, Hypothesis, Experiment,

Organize data, graph, Communicate results

B) Hypothesis, Observation, Experiment,

Organize data, graph, Communicate results,

C) Experiment, Hypothesis, Observation,

Organize data, graph, Communicate results

The consumption crisis is more

serious in?

A) Developing countries

B) Developed countries

C) Rural areas

D) Complex ecosystems

What type of science is

environmental science?

A) Applied Science

B) Pure Science

C) Ecology

D) Biology

What is a world in which human

populations can continue to exist

indefinitely with a high standard

of living and health?

A) Natural Resource

B) Developing Country

C) Developed Country

D) Sustainable World

What is any natural substance

that living things use?

A) Renewable resource

B) Nonrenewable resource

C) Natural resource

D) Depleted Resource

Which is a renewable resource?

A) Coal

B) Bauxite

C) Sunlight

D) Limestone

Which is a nonrenewable

resource?

A) Water

B) Bauxite

C) Sunlight

D) Air

What layer of the Earth do we

live on?

A) Core

B) Mantle

C) Biosphere

What provides accurate, reliable

answers to questions?

A) Observations

B) Scientific Method

C) Experiments

What tests a hypothesis under

controlled conditions?

A) Prediction

B) Experiment

C) Observation