ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWER KEY
●● Ecology
Answer: the branch of biology concerned with the relations between
organisms and their environment.
●● Ecological Footprint
Answer: The amount of biologically productive land and water needed
to support a person or population.
●● Natural Resource
Answer: any material in nature that people use and value.
●● Pollution
Answer: Release of harmful materials into the environment.
●● Biodiversity
Answer: variety of many different species in an area, the variety of
species living within an ecosystem.
,●● Hunter-Gatherers
Answer: people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits,
and nuts to survive.
●● Agricultural Revolution
Answer: The time when human beings first domesticated plants and
animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. Started
10,000 years ago.
●● Industrial Revolution
Answer: the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and
from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that
took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850.
●● Sustainability
Answer: The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable
ecosystem is one that can be maintained.
●● Biodegradable
Answer: Able to be broken down naturally.
●● Geosphere
Answer: The mostly soild, rocky part of the earth; extends from the
center of the core to the surfaceof the crust.
, ●● Lithosphere
Answer: the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer
mantle.
●● Asthenosphere
Answer: The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere;
made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates
to move on top of it.
●● Tectonic Plate
Answer: a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid,
outermost part of the mantle.
●● Erosion
Answer: The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports
soil and sediment from one location to another.
●● Atmosphere
Answer: the mass of air surrounding the Earth.
●● Troposphere
Answer: The lowest layer of the atmoshere, in which temerature
decreases at a constant rate as altitude increases.
CERTIFICATION EVALUATION SOLVED
QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWER KEY
●● Ecology
Answer: the branch of biology concerned with the relations between
organisms and their environment.
●● Ecological Footprint
Answer: The amount of biologically productive land and water needed
to support a person or population.
●● Natural Resource
Answer: any material in nature that people use and value.
●● Pollution
Answer: Release of harmful materials into the environment.
●● Biodiversity
Answer: variety of many different species in an area, the variety of
species living within an ecosystem.
,●● Hunter-Gatherers
Answer: people who hunt animals and gather wild plants, seeds, fruits,
and nuts to survive.
●● Agricultural Revolution
Answer: The time when human beings first domesticated plants and
animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering. Started
10,000 years ago.
●● Industrial Revolution
Answer: the change from an agricultural to an industrial society and
from home manufacturing to factory production, especially the one that
took place in England from about 1750 to about 1850.
●● Sustainability
Answer: The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable
ecosystem is one that can be maintained.
●● Biodegradable
Answer: Able to be broken down naturally.
●● Geosphere
Answer: The mostly soild, rocky part of the earth; extends from the
center of the core to the surfaceof the crust.
, ●● Lithosphere
Answer: the solid part of the earth consisting of the crust and outer
mantle.
●● Asthenosphere
Answer: The solid, plastic layer of the mantle beneath the lithosphere;
made of mantle rock that flows very slowly, which allows tectonic plates
to move on top of it.
●● Tectonic Plate
Answer: a block of lithosphere that consists of the crust and the rigid,
outermost part of the mantle.
●● Erosion
Answer: The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports
soil and sediment from one location to another.
●● Atmosphere
Answer: the mass of air surrounding the Earth.
●● Troposphere
Answer: The lowest layer of the atmoshere, in which temerature
decreases at a constant rate as altitude increases.
