ENVS 1126 AIXIN HOU-EXAM 1 2025/2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Which of the following are the three vital concepts that move societies toward a sustainable
future?
a. Sound science, sustainability, and stewardship
b. Sustainability, stewardship, and security
c. Stewardship, sound science, and security
d. Sound science, sustainability, and security - ANS Sound science, sustainability, and
stewardship
Which of the following terms best describes the practice of environmental science?
a. Abstract
b. Integrative and interdisciplinary
c. Highly specialized
d. Theoretical - ANS Integrative and interdisciplinary
Which one of the following is the broadest scope of ecological study?
a. Population ecology
b. Landscape ecology
c. Community ecology
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, d. Ecosystem ecology - ANS Landscape ecology
With few exceptions, inorganic compounds do not have
a. carbon-hydrogen bonds or carbon-carbon bonds.
b. potassium-sodium bonds or hydrogen-chlorine bonds.
c. hydrogen-nitrogen bonds or carbon-oxygen bonds.
d. nitrogen-oxygen bonds or carbon-oxygen bonds. - ANS carbon-hydrogen bonds or carbon-
carbon bonds.
All scientific investigations are initially founded upon
a. good observations.
b. an already accepted theory.
c. good experiments.
d. multiple hypotheses, some of which are unanswerable. - ANS good observations
An average person might consume 2,000 Kilocalories of food in one day. This is enough energy
to heat up how many 1-liter bottles of liquid water from 0 degrees Celsius to 100 degrees
Celsius (just reaching the boiling point of water, but not turning the water into steam)?
a. 5 1-liter bottles
b. 1 1-liter bottle
c. 20 1-liter bottles
d. 10 1-liter bottles - ANS 20 1-liter bottles
As global climate change warms certain mountain ranges, the temperature optima for the insect
species living on the mountain is causing these insects to
a. move farther up the mountain.
b. move to a new biome.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
Which of the following are the three vital concepts that move societies toward a sustainable
future?
a. Sound science, sustainability, and stewardship
b. Sustainability, stewardship, and security
c. Stewardship, sound science, and security
d. Sound science, sustainability, and security - ANS Sound science, sustainability, and
stewardship
Which of the following terms best describes the practice of environmental science?
a. Abstract
b. Integrative and interdisciplinary
c. Highly specialized
d. Theoretical - ANS Integrative and interdisciplinary
Which one of the following is the broadest scope of ecological study?
a. Population ecology
b. Landscape ecology
c. Community ecology
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, d. Ecosystem ecology - ANS Landscape ecology
With few exceptions, inorganic compounds do not have
a. carbon-hydrogen bonds or carbon-carbon bonds.
b. potassium-sodium bonds or hydrogen-chlorine bonds.
c. hydrogen-nitrogen bonds or carbon-oxygen bonds.
d. nitrogen-oxygen bonds or carbon-oxygen bonds. - ANS carbon-hydrogen bonds or carbon-
carbon bonds.
All scientific investigations are initially founded upon
a. good observations.
b. an already accepted theory.
c. good experiments.
d. multiple hypotheses, some of which are unanswerable. - ANS good observations
An average person might consume 2,000 Kilocalories of food in one day. This is enough energy
to heat up how many 1-liter bottles of liquid water from 0 degrees Celsius to 100 degrees
Celsius (just reaching the boiling point of water, but not turning the water into steam)?
a. 5 1-liter bottles
b. 1 1-liter bottle
c. 20 1-liter bottles
d. 10 1-liter bottles - ANS 20 1-liter bottles
As global climate change warms certain mountain ranges, the temperature optima for the insect
species living on the mountain is causing these insects to
a. move farther up the mountain.
b. move to a new biome.
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