Vocabulary
What is Ecology
7.8 billion
What is the current world population?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with resource depletion?
A. Cutting down trees without replacing them
B. The extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger
C. Ash released from a volcano
D.Cutting down a forest to plant a single species of tree
What is A. Cutting down trees without replacing them?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with pollution?
A. Cutting down trees without replacing them
B. The extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger
C. Ash released from a volcano
D.Cutting down a forest to plant a single species of tree
What is C. Ash released from a volcano?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with biodiversity?
A. Hunter kills more deer than he/she has licenses for
B. Smoke from a coal burning factory
C. Lining of a landfill has a leak
D. Extinction of the Dodo
What is D. Extinction of the dodo?
Natural fuels such as goal or gas, formed from the remains of living organisms
What is Fossil Fuels?
1-2%
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with resource depletion?
A. Dumping used car oil into a local stream
B. Extinction of the passenger pigeon
C. Smoke from a coal burning factory
D. Mining Coal
What is D. Mining Coal?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with pollution?
A. Dumping used car oil into a local stream
B. Extinction of the passenger pigeon
C. Extinction of the Tasmanian Tiger
D. Mining Coal
What is A. Dumping used car oil into a local stream?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with biodiversity?
A. Dumping used car oil into a local stream
B. Extinction of the passenger pigeon
C. Leaving trash behind in a state park
D. Mining Coal
What is B. Extinction of the passenger pigeon?
What is biodegradable pollutants?
Describes the conflict between Individuals and Society
What is "The Tragedy of the Commons?"
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with resource depletion?
A. Car Exhaust
B. All the water in an aquifer is used for irrigation?
C. Slash and Burn Agriculture
D. Throwing plastic water bottles out of the car window
What is B. All the water in an aquifer is used for irrigation?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with pollution?
A. Car Exhaust
B. All the water in an aquifer is used for irrigation
C. Slash and Burn Agriculture
D. Extinction of the dodo
What is A. Car Exhaust?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with biodiversity?
A. Slash and Burn Agriculture
B. Hunter kills more deer than he/she has licenses for
C. Mining copper
D. Dumping used car oil into a local stream
What is A. Slash and Burn Agriculture?
The cost of an action against the expected benefits
What is Cost/Benefit Analysis
The amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person
What is an ecological footprint?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with resource depletion?
A. Hunter kills more deer than he/she has licenses for
B. Smoke from a coal burning factory
C. Poaching an endangered species
D. Extinction of the Dodo
What is A. Hunter kills more deer than he/she has licenses for?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with pollution?
A. Hunter kills more deer than he/she has licenses for
B. Smoke from a coal burning factory
C. Poaching an endangered species
D. Extinction of the Dodo
What is B. Smoke from a coal burning factory?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with biodiversity?
A. Littering
B. Smoke from a coal burning factory
C. Ash released from a volcano
D. Cutting down a forest to plant a single species of tree
What is D. Cutting down a forest to plant a single species of tree?
Everyone's needs are met in a way that the popultion can survive indefinitely
What is sustainability?
Hardin's "Tragedy of the Commons" essay addresses this conflict associated with environmental challenges.
What is protecting shared resources?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with resource depletion?
A. Leaving the trash behind in a state park
B. Ash released from a volcano
C. Lining of a landfill has a leak
D. Mining for natural gas
What is D. Mining for natural gas?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with pollution?
A. Leaving your trash behind in a state park
B. Mining coal
C. Slash and Burn Agriculture
D. Cutting down a forest to plant a single species of tree
What is A. Leaving your trash behind in a state park?
Which of the following accurately represents the environmental problem associated with biodiversity?
A. Cutting down trees without replacing them
B. All the water in an aquifer is used for irrigation
C. Poaching endangered species
D. Car Exhaust
What is C. Poaching endangered species?