EVR1001 FSU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
What is the purpose of peer review? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To guard against faulty science being
published
Geothermal energy, wind, and solar radiation are all examples of ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅inexhaustible renewable natural resources
By studying ancient civilizations, such as the Greek and Roman empires and the Angkor civilization of
Southeast Asia, historians have concluded that these civilizations declined partly because of ________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅environmental degradation due to unsustainable use of resources
__________ is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from the undesirable
changes brought about by human actions. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Environmentalism
Scientific inquiry is based on ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an expanding knowledge based on
observation, questioning, testing and discovery
How many citizens of Mexico does it take to equal the ecological footprint of the average citizen of the
United States?
A) It takes just over three Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average U.S. citizen.
B) It takes about 12 Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average U.S. citizen.
C) They are essentially equal.
D) It takes just over eight Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average U.S. citizen. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
Quantitative data ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅are data that are expressed as numbers and
can be tested using statistics
________ believe that the guidelines for making environmental decisions are context-specific,
depending on the cultures, social issues, and other factors framing the decision. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Relativists
,Global population is projected to be nearly ________ in 2050.
11 billion
7 billion
10 billion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
In scientific research, the strongest form of evidence comes from __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅experimentation
Who is credited for articulating the conservation ethic and for founding the U.S. Forest Service? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Gifford Pinchot
Which of the following would be the most appropriate prediction for the hypothesis that Poodles are
smarter than Dalmatians? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅If Poodles are smarter, then Poodles will learn
to obey commands more quickly than Dalmatians.
How did the agricultural revolution lead to an increase in human population numbers? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅The shift from a nomadic lifestyle to settling down on farms led to people producing
more food to meet their nutritional needs, and therefore, having more children.
If a scientist travels to the rain forest to observe and catalog new species, he or she would be conducting
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅descriptive science
Later in his life, pioneering environmental philosopher Aldo Leopold would have most likely agreed with
which one of the following statements? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Humans are members of the land-
community.
________ is a basic understanding of Earth's physical and living systems and how we interact with them.
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Environmental literacy
You have read about the mistakes made on Easter Island. On Tikopia, another small island, the people
acted differently. When they realized that the pigs they had imported were damaging the environment,
, they killed them all. They had to have permission from a chief to fish, which prevented overfishing. They
practiced contraception. These all indicate that ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅they truly
practiced sustainability
Which of the following philosophies is the most anthropocentric? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅conservationism
The following statement is an example of a(n) __________: "Zebra mussels were accidentally introduced
to the waters of the Great Lakes." - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅observation
A paradigm ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅is a dominant world view in science
Which of the following best embodies the qualities of a scientific theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅All gases, liquids, and solids consist of atoms.
When scientists conduct an experiment, what term describes the variable that researchers intentionally
change, or manipulate, to see its effects on other variables? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Independent
variable
A(n) __________ expresses environmental impact in terms of the cumulative area of land and water
required to provide the resources a person consumes. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ecological footprint
Read the following scenario and answer the question(s) below.
Pablo and Johanna have to do a yearlong study for their biology course. After some discussion, they
decide to try comparing their dogs and the diet that they feed them. Each has a dog from the pound,
and both dogs are less than one year old. Pablo feeds his shepherd-mix dog a special diet of wet and dry
foods from the local vet, while Johanna uses generic dry kibble from the supermarket for her bulldog.
They want to see which diet results in bigger, healthier, faster-growing dogs.
The reason the instructor gives them will include the fact that they have too many ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅variables that they didn't control and not enough replicates
What is the purpose of peer review? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅To guard against faulty science being
published
Geothermal energy, wind, and solar radiation are all examples of ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅inexhaustible renewable natural resources
By studying ancient civilizations, such as the Greek and Roman empires and the Angkor civilization of
Southeast Asia, historians have concluded that these civilizations declined partly because of ________. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅environmental degradation due to unsustainable use of resources
__________ is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from the undesirable
changes brought about by human actions. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Environmentalism
Scientific inquiry is based on ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅an expanding knowledge based on
observation, questioning, testing and discovery
How many citizens of Mexico does it take to equal the ecological footprint of the average citizen of the
United States?
A) It takes just over three Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average U.S. citizen.
B) It takes about 12 Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average U.S. citizen.
C) They are essentially equal.
D) It takes just over eight Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average U.S. citizen. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
Quantitative data ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅are data that are expressed as numbers and
can be tested using statistics
________ believe that the guidelines for making environmental decisions are context-specific,
depending on the cultures, social issues, and other factors framing the decision. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅Relativists
,Global population is projected to be nearly ________ in 2050.
11 billion
7 billion
10 billion - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅
In scientific research, the strongest form of evidence comes from __________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅experimentation
Who is credited for articulating the conservation ethic and for founding the U.S. Forest Service? -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Gifford Pinchot
Which of the following would be the most appropriate prediction for the hypothesis that Poodles are
smarter than Dalmatians? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅If Poodles are smarter, then Poodles will learn
to obey commands more quickly than Dalmatians.
How did the agricultural revolution lead to an increase in human population numbers? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅The shift from a nomadic lifestyle to settling down on farms led to people producing
more food to meet their nutritional needs, and therefore, having more children.
If a scientist travels to the rain forest to observe and catalog new species, he or she would be conducting
__________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅descriptive science
Later in his life, pioneering environmental philosopher Aldo Leopold would have most likely agreed with
which one of the following statements? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Humans are members of the land-
community.
________ is a basic understanding of Earth's physical and living systems and how we interact with them.
- CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Environmental literacy
You have read about the mistakes made on Easter Island. On Tikopia, another small island, the people
acted differently. When they realized that the pigs they had imported were damaging the environment,
, they killed them all. They had to have permission from a chief to fish, which prevented overfishing. They
practiced contraception. These all indicate that ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅they truly
practiced sustainability
Which of the following philosophies is the most anthropocentric? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅conservationism
The following statement is an example of a(n) __________: "Zebra mussels were accidentally introduced
to the waters of the Great Lakes." - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅observation
A paradigm ________. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅is a dominant world view in science
Which of the following best embodies the qualities of a scientific theory? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅All gases, liquids, and solids consist of atoms.
When scientists conduct an experiment, what term describes the variable that researchers intentionally
change, or manipulate, to see its effects on other variables? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Independent
variable
A(n) __________ expresses environmental impact in terms of the cumulative area of land and water
required to provide the resources a person consumes. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅ecological footprint
Read the following scenario and answer the question(s) below.
Pablo and Johanna have to do a yearlong study for their biology course. After some discussion, they
decide to try comparing their dogs and the diet that they feed them. Each has a dog from the pound,
and both dogs are less than one year old. Pablo feeds his shepherd-mix dog a special diet of wet and dry
foods from the local vet, while Johanna uses generic dry kibble from the supermarket for her bulldog.
They want to see which diet results in bigger, healthier, faster-growing dogs.
The reason the instructor gives them will include the fact that they have too many ________. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅variables that they didn't control and not enough replicates
