1. What processes are provided by healthy ecosystems that support life and human economies at no

MULTIPLE CHOICE

• What processes are provided by healthy ecosystems that support life and human economies at no

monetary cost to us?

• nonpoint sources
• point sources
• sustainable principles
• natural resources
• ecosystem services

ANS: E

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• Environmental science can be described as interdisciplinary because it ____.
• allows for a rigorous study of the environment
• includes topics that are not explored in other disciplines
• often assigns responsibility to causes of environmental degradation
• is rapidly evolving over time into a different form of science
• includes biology, chemistry, geology, social sciences, and the humanities

ANS: E

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Understand

• What is one of the three goals of environmental science, as proposed by your text?
• Reduce affluence.
• Understand how we interact with the environment.
• Acquire a life-centered environmental worldview.
• Enhance environmental degradation.
• Reduce the use of technology.

ANS: B

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• What is a social movement that is dedicated to trying to sustain the earth’s life-support system for all

forms of life?

• ecology
• environmental science
• environmentalism
• preservationism
• sustainability

ANS: C

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• Which term encompasses all of the others?
• natural capital
• natural resources
• natural services

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• renewable resources
• nonrenewable resources

ANS: A

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Understand

• Nonmetallic mineral resources include ____.
• copper
• solar energy
• sand
• trees
• clean air

ANS: C

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• You are installing solar collectors on the roof of your home to cut your use of the propane gas that

heats both your hot water tank and the living spaces in your home. In doing so, you are using a(n) ____ resource rather than a(n) ____ resource.

• renewable; nonrenewable
• inexhaustible; renewable
• renewable; inexhaustible
• nonrenewable; renewable
• inexhaustible; nonrenewable

ANS: E

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Apply

• One reason biodiversity is such an important aspect of sustainability is that it ____.
• maintains a ready supply of new materials for water, soil, and food
• is the ultimate source of energy for plants
• provides vital ecosystem services through the interactions among species and keeps any

population from growing too large

• makes life less susceptible to constant adaptation and changing environmental conditions
• increases ecotourism in less developed countries

ANS: C

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Analyze

• Which process best illustrates an ecosystem service?
• renewable energy
• nonrenewable energy
• water purification
• oil mining
• soil erosion

ANS: C

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• What term best describes the living and nonliving things with which we interact in a complex web of

relationships?

• natural capital
• biodiversity
• the environment
• the chemical cycle
• the preservationist school

ANS: C OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.Define environment, ecology, and ecosystem.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• A group of organisms with a unique set of characteristics that distinguish it from other groups of

organisms is called a(n) ____.

• species
• ecosystem
• sustainable society
• natural resource
• population

ANS: A OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.Define environment, ecology, and ecosystem.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• Why is there such little waste in nature?
• The sun is an inexhaustible resource.
• Organisms naturally avoid activities that create unnecessary waste.
• The wastes and decayed bodies of any organism become nutrients or raw materials for

other organisms.

• The earth is so vast that natural waste is not easily identified.
• Waste is chemically unstable.

ANS: C

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Analyze

• Your text refers to the dependence on solar energy, biodiversity, and chemical cycling as ____.
• resource guidelines
• ecological footprints
• environmental tenets
• scientific principles of sustainability
• preservationist goals

ANS: D

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• Which resource would best be categorized as inexhaustible?
• oil reserves
• fisheries
• solar energy
• forests
• coal reserves

ANS: C

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable 3 / 4

resources.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• Which resource is nonrenewable?
• geothermal energy
• solar energy
• freshwater
• copper
• trees

ANS: D

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• According to the ____, all species have value as participating members of the biosphere, regardless of

their potential or actual use to humans.

• human-centered environmental worldview
• earth-centered environmental worldview
• life-centered environmental worldview
• sun-centered environmental worldview
• geo-centered environmental worldview

ANS: C

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Remember

• Oil is a(n) ____.
• nonrenewable resource because it cannot be formed on human time scales
• renewable resource because it can be renewed through geologic processes
• inexhaustible resource because it is a form of stored solar energy
• ecosystem service because oil is a valuable commodity
• renewable resource because it can be used to make fertilizers that restore soil fertility

ANS: A

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.REF: 1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability? DIF: Bloom’s: Understand

• Middle-income countries such as India and China may have low ____, but they have a high ____.
• population size; population growth rate
• overall environmental impact; population growth rate
• population size; resource use per person
• overall environmental impact; resource use per person
• resource use per person; overall environmental impact

ANS: E

OBJ: ENVS.MLSP.16.1.2.5 Given the population size, affluence, and technology, determine the environmental impact of human activities by using the IPAT model.

REF: 1.2 How Are Our Ecological Footprints Affecting the Earth?

DIF: Bloom’s: Apply

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