ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXAM SCRIPT
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Tragedy of the Commons
Answer: the depletion of shared resources by people acting in individual
interest
●● Triple Bottom Line
Answer: approach to sustainability that meets environmental, economic,
and social goals (business)
●● Inorganic Compounds
Answer: compounds that lack carbon and hydrogen atoms
●● Organic Compounds
Answer: compounds that contain carbon-based molecules
●● Positive Feedback Loop
Answer: when the response to a stimulus increases the original stimulus
●● Negative Feedback Loop
,Answer: when the response to a stimulus decreases the effect of the
original stimulus
●● Overshoot
Answer: when a population exceeds the long term carrying capacity for
an environment
●● Open System
Answer: a system in which matter can enter from or escape to the
surroundings
●● Closed System
Answer: a system that allows the exchange of energy (not
matter)between the system and its surroundings
●● Holistic
Answer: emphasizing the functional relationship between parts and the
whole
●● Hectare
Answer: a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares
●● Ecological Footprint
, Answer: a way of measuring how much of an impact a person or
community has on the earth
●● Sustainable Development
Answer: development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
●● Environmental Justice
Answer: recognition that access to a clean, healthy environment is a
fundamental right
●● Biodiversity
Answer: the variety of species living within an ecosystem
●● In situ
Answer: in the original or natural place or site
●● Ex situ
Answer: off-site conservation; outside location
●● Inbreeding Depression
Answer: the negative consequences in a population when genetically
similar parents reproduce weak offspring
FULL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
GRADED A+
●● Tragedy of the Commons
Answer: the depletion of shared resources by people acting in individual
interest
●● Triple Bottom Line
Answer: approach to sustainability that meets environmental, economic,
and social goals (business)
●● Inorganic Compounds
Answer: compounds that lack carbon and hydrogen atoms
●● Organic Compounds
Answer: compounds that contain carbon-based molecules
●● Positive Feedback Loop
Answer: when the response to a stimulus increases the original stimulus
●● Negative Feedback Loop
,Answer: when the response to a stimulus decreases the effect of the
original stimulus
●● Overshoot
Answer: when a population exceeds the long term carrying capacity for
an environment
●● Open System
Answer: a system in which matter can enter from or escape to the
surroundings
●● Closed System
Answer: a system that allows the exchange of energy (not
matter)between the system and its surroundings
●● Holistic
Answer: emphasizing the functional relationship between parts and the
whole
●● Hectare
Answer: a unit of surface area equal to 100 ares
●● Ecological Footprint
, Answer: a way of measuring how much of an impact a person or
community has on the earth
●● Sustainable Development
Answer: development that meets the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations
●● Environmental Justice
Answer: recognition that access to a clean, healthy environment is a
fundamental right
●● Biodiversity
Answer: the variety of species living within an ecosystem
●● In situ
Answer: in the original or natural place or site
●● Ex situ
Answer: off-site conservation; outside location
●● Inbreeding Depression
Answer: the negative consequences in a population when genetically
similar parents reproduce weak offspring
