Complete Test Bank for "Environment: The Science Behind the Stories" 3rd Canadian Edition – All Chapters 1–7 | 2026 Updated | Answer Keys & Rationale Included

Environment: qbScience qbBehind qbthe qbStories, qb3e qb(Withgott qbet
qbal.) qbChapter qb1 q b An qbIntroduction qbto qbEnvironmental


qbScience




1.1 Graph qband qbFigure qbInterpretation qbQuestions




Figure qb1.1

,Use qbFigure qb1.1 qbto qbanswer qbthe qbfollowing qbquestions.

1) The qbcomponent qbof qbthe qbecological qbfootprint qbthat qbin qball qbyears qbaccounts qbfor qbthe
qbgreatest qbamount qbis qb .

A) built-up qbland
B) fishing qbgrounds
C) carbon
D) cropland
E) grazing
qbland qbAnswer:


qb C


Diff: qb3 Type: qbMC
Bloom's qbTaxonomy: q b 3 qb- qbApplying
Objective: q b 1.4 qbDiagnose qband qbillustrate qbsome qbof qbthe qbpressures qbon qbthe qbglobal
qbenvironment




2) Canada qbcurrently qbhas qba qbbiocapacity qbcredit qbof qbapproximately qb .
A) 0-50%
B) 50-100%
C) 100-150%
D) 150%
E) 200%
Answer: q b C
Diff: qb1 Type: qbMC
Bloom's qbTaxonomy: q b 3 qb- qbApplying
Objective: q b 1.4 qbDiagnose qband qbillustrate qbsome qbof qbthe qbpressures qbon qbthe qbglobal
qbenvironment




3) The qbUnited qbStates qband qbChina qbare qbthe qbtwo qblargest qbeconomies qbin qbthe qbworld
qband qbaccount qbfor qbwhat qbpercentage qbof qbbiocapacity qbdebt qbeach qbrespectively?


A) 50-100% qband qb100-150%
B) 150% qbeach
C) 50-100% qband qb150%
D) 50-100%
qbeach qbAnswer:


qb A


Diff: qb1 Type: qbMC
Bloom's qbTaxonomy: q b 2 qb- qbUnderstanding
Objective: q b 1.4 qbDiagnose qband qbillustrate qbsome qbof qbthe qbpressures qbon qbthe qbglobal
qbenvironment

,1.2 Matching qbQuestions

Match qbthe qbfollowing.

A) traditional
B) environmentalism
C) goods
D) nonrenewable qbresources
E) natural qbresources
F) ecology
G) experimental qbdata
H) natural qbsciences.
I) sustainable qbdevelopment
J) science
K) environmental qbstudies.
L) ecological qbsustainability
M) renewable qbresources
N) interdisciplinary

1) a qbscientific qbfield qbof
qbstudy qbDiff: qb1 Type:
qbMA


Bloom's qbTaxonomy: q b 2 qb- qbUnderstanding
Objective: q b 1.2 qbCharacterize qbthe qbinterdisciplinary qbnature qbof qbenvironmental qbscience

2) Environmental qbscience qbis qba(n) qb field.
qbDiff: qb1 Type: qbMA


Bloom's qbTaxonomy: q b 1 qb- qbRemembering
Objective: q b 1.2 qbCharacterize qbthe qbinterdisciplinary qbnature qbof qbenvironmental qbscience

3) Tangible qbmaterial qbthings qbthat qbcan qbbe qbextracted qbfrom qbthe qbenvironment qbare
qb . qbDiff: qb2


Type: qbMA
Bloom's qbTaxonomy: q b 2 qb- qbUnderstanding
Objective: q b 1.3 qbDescribe qbseveral qbtypes qbof qbnatural qbresources qband qbexplain qbtheir
qbimportance qbto qbhuman qblife




4) "Meets qbthe qbneeds qbof qbthe qbpresent qbwithout qbsacrificing qbthe qbability qbof qbfuture
qbgenerations qbto qbmeet qbtheir qbneeds" qbis qbthe qbdefinition qbof qb .


Diff: qb2 Type: qbMA
Bloom's qbTaxonomy: q b 1 qb- qbRemembering
Objective: q b 1.5 qbArticulate qbthe qbconcepts qbof qbsustainability qband qbsustainable qbdevelopment

, 5) Social qbstudies qbdealing qbwith qbthe qbenvironment qbare
qbpart qbof qbDiff: qb2 Type: qbMA
Bloom's qbTaxonomy: q b 3 qb- qbApplying
Objective: q b 1.2 qbCharacterize qbthe qbinterdisciplinary qbnature qbof qbenvironmental qbscience