Environmental Science Final Exam
Review
Environmental Science - Answer-The study of the impact of humans on the environment.
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.
Review
Environmental Science - Answer-The study of the impact of humans on the environment.
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.
