Environmental Science Examination Test Complete Questions And Solutions

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXAMINATION
TEST COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS

●● Environmental Science
Answer: The study of how the natural world works, how our
environment affects us, and how we affect the environment
(interactions)


●● Renewable Natural Resource
Answer: Supplies that are unlimited OR can be replenished quickly
(sunlight, wind energy, wave energy, geothermal energy)


●● Neolithic Revolution
Answer: The shift around 10,000 years ago from a hunter-gatherer to an
agricultural lifestyle (pop growth)


●● Industrial Revolution
Answer: The shift in the mid-1700s from rural life, animal-powered
agriculture, and manufacturing by craftsman to an urban society
powered by fossil fuels (pop growth)


●● Fossil Fuel

, Answer: A nonrenewable natural resource produced by the
decomposition and compression of organic matter from ancient life


●● Ecological Footprint
Answer: The total of "direct" and "indirect" (usually negative) impacts
on natural resources that we as a society make on the environment to
maintain our lifestyle.


●● Interdisciplinary Field
Answer: Involves input from many different established fields of study
across the natural sciences and social sciences


●● Natural Science
Answer: The academic discipline that examines the natural world


●● Social Science
Answer: An academic discipline that studies human interactions and
institutions


●● Environmental Studies
Answer: An academic program that heavily incorporates the social
sciences as well as the natural sciences


●● Environmentalism