Lesson 1.1
Which variable is the variable you deliberately change in an experiment?
Independent Variable
_______ _______ are a natural source of pollution that contaminates the air and water.
Volcanic Eruptions
What is the number one major cause of environmental problems.
Population Growth
True or False: These were some of the early individuals who made the public more aware of environmental sustainability.
- John Muir, Aldo Leopard, Brad Pitt, and Rachel Carson.
False
What college did Ms. Salem go to?
La Tech
What are three abiotic factors in our environment?
air, water, sunlight
Industrialized countries with high average incomes account for only ____ % of the world’s population.
17%
True or False: People living in poverty are focused on long-term environmental sustainability.
False
What agency was created in the 1970's.
Environmental Protection Agency, or the EPA
Name the 7 dwarfs.
Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Bashful, Sneezy, and Dopey.
Each organism, or living thing, in the environment belongs to a _______.
Species
____ % of the world’s people live, are considered less developed economically.
83%
Affluent countries have a more abundant and safer ____ supply.
food
The Environmental Protection Agency was lead by _______ leaders.
Corporate
Name the taxonomy order of a classification of living things from broad to specific.
Domain, kingdom. phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
Life has existed on earth for about ____ billion years.
3.8
What are the two types of dealing with pollution.
1. Pollution Cleanup
2. Pollution Prevention
Affluence is associated with _____ and ______.
Wealth and Economic Prosperity
Into which category of environmental worldview would you put the early preservationists?
Into which category would you put the early conservationist?
Conservationist: human-centered
Preservationist: earth-centered
Name one example of a key ecosystem service.
Nutrient cycling
Purification of air and water
Renewal of topsoil
Pollination
Pest Control
Which of the following is NOT a type of catastrophic event the world has sustained through.
A. Floods
B. Iceage
C. Pollen
D. Hurricane
C. Pollen
The size of the footprint is _______ to the amount of renewable resources consumed.
Proportional
Malnutrition is the lack of what?
Protein and other essential nutrients
What led to the creation of the Environmental Protection Agency?
Earth Day. April 22, 1970
What are the three major factors of long-term sustainability.
1. Solar energy
2. Biodiversity
3. Nutrient cycling