about half
e.
85%
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.4 What Is an Environmentally Stable Society?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.4 - Specify the means of achieving an environmentally sustainable society.
Completion
66. A resource such as solar energy that cannot be diminished by overuse is called a(n) ____________________.
ANSWER:
inexhaustible resource
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 - Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.
67. The three scientific principles of sustainability are chemical cycling, dependence on solar energy, and ____________________.
ANSWER:
biodiversity
biologic diversity
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 - Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.
68. A(n ) ____________________ is a set of organisms within a defined area of land or volume of water that interact with one another and with their environment of nonliving matter and energy.
ANSWER:
ecosystem
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.1 - Define environment, ecology, and ecosystem.
69. ____________________ is the biological science that studies how living things interact with one another and with their environment.
ANSWER:
Ecology
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.1 - Define environment, ecology, and ecosystem.
70. ____________________ are materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans.
ANSWER:
Natural resources
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 - Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.
71. ____________________ are processes provided by healthy ecosystems that support life and human economies at no monetary cost to us.
ANSWER:
Ecosystem services
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 - Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.
72. ____________________ are chemicals necessary for the life processes of plants and animals.
ANSWER:
Nutrients
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 - Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.
73. The circulation of chemicals necessary for the life from the environment (mostly from soil and water) through organisms and back to the environment is called ____________________.
ANSWER:
chemical cycling
nutrient cycling
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 - Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.
74. ____________________ is the natural resources and ecosystem services that keep us and other species alive and support human economies.
ANSWER:
Natural capital
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: