d.
the chemical cycle
e.
the preservationist school
ANSWER:
c
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.
31. A group of organisms with a unique set of characteristics that distinguish it from other groups of organisms is called a(n) ____.
a.
species
b.
ecosystem
c.
sustainable society
d.
natural resource
e.
population
ANSWER:
a
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.
32. Why is there such little waste in nature?
a.
The sun is an inexhaustible resource.
b.
Organisms naturally avoid activities that create unnecessary waste.
c.
The wastes and decayed bodies of any organism become nutrients or raw materials for other organisms.
d.
The earth is so vast that natural waste is not easily identified.
e.
Waste is chemically unstable.
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Analyze
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.
33. Your text refers to the dependence on solar energy, biodiversity, and chemical cycling as three major natural factors of ____.
a.
resource guidelines
b.
ecological footprints
c.
environmental tenets
d.
scientific principles of sustainability
e.
preservationist goals
ANSWER:
d
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.
34. Which resource would best be categorized as inexhaustible?
a.
oil reserves
b.
fisheries
c.
solar energy
d.
forests
e.
coal reserves
ANSWER:
c
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.
35. Which resource is nonrenewable?
a.
geothermal energy
b.
solar energy
c.
freshwater
d.
copper
e.
trees
ANSWER:
d
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.
36. According to the ____, all species have value as participating members of the biosphere, regardless of their potential or actual use to humans.
a.
human-centered environmental worldview
b.
earth-centered environmental worldview
c.
life-centered environmental worldview
d.
sun-centered environmental worldview
e.
geo-centered environmental worldview
ANSWER:
c
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember