SUS1501 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM PREP
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Biomimicry
Answer: Scientific effort to understand, mimic, and catalog the
ingenious ways in which nature has sustained life on Earth for 3.8 billion
years
●● Environment
Answer: Includes energy from the sun, all living things, and all
nonliving things that you interact with.
●● Environmental Science
Answer: Study of connection in the natural environment
●● Ecology
Answer: Branch of biology that focuses on how living organisms
interact with the living and nonliving parts of their environment.
●● Environmentalism
Answer: Social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life-support
system for humans and other species
, ●● Scientific Principles of Sustainability
Answer: Solar energy, biodiversity, chemical cycling
●● Solar Energy
Answer: The sun's energy warms the planet and provides energy that
plants use to produce nutrients
●● Biodiversity
Answer: Interactions among species provide vital ecosystem services
and keep any population from growing too large. Gives ways for species
to adapt to changing environment conditions and for new species to arise
and replace those wiped out by catastrophic environmental changes.
●● Chemical Cycling
Answer: Circulation of nutrients from the environment through various
organisms and back to the environment
●● Natural Capital
Answer: Natural resources and ecosystem services that keep humans and
other species alive and that support human economies
●● Natural Resources
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
STUDY RESOURCE
●● Biomimicry
Answer: Scientific effort to understand, mimic, and catalog the
ingenious ways in which nature has sustained life on Earth for 3.8 billion
years
●● Environment
Answer: Includes energy from the sun, all living things, and all
nonliving things that you interact with.
●● Environmental Science
Answer: Study of connection in the natural environment
●● Ecology
Answer: Branch of biology that focuses on how living organisms
interact with the living and nonliving parts of their environment.
●● Environmentalism
Answer: Social movement dedicated to protecting the earth's life-support
system for humans and other species
, ●● Scientific Principles of Sustainability
Answer: Solar energy, biodiversity, chemical cycling
●● Solar Energy
Answer: The sun's energy warms the planet and provides energy that
plants use to produce nutrients
●● Biodiversity
Answer: Interactions among species provide vital ecosystem services
and keep any population from growing too large. Gives ways for species
to adapt to changing environment conditions and for new species to arise
and replace those wiped out by catastrophic environmental changes.
●● Chemical Cycling
Answer: Circulation of nutrients from the environment through various
organisms and back to the environment
●● Natural Capital
Answer: Natural resources and ecosystem services that keep humans and
other species alive and that support human economies
●● Natural Resources
