ENVR 1301: MODULE 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
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Environmental Science - ANS An interdisplinary study of the effects of human interactions
with the environment
The environmental movement - ANS A late 20th century increase in public awareness and
action concerning pollution, clean up, and protection of the environment.
Stewardship - ANS actions or programs that manage natural resources for the common good.
Steward's ethic - ANS caring for something on behalf of someone else.
theory - ANS a widely-accepted explanation of the natural world that is supported by
rigorous experimental testing and consistent conclusions.
environmental unity - ANS because Earth systems are inter-connected, one action causes
other actions/events.
ecological footprint - ANS a measure of an individual's or a community's demand on the
Earth's resources and waste-absorption capacity.
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, sustainability - ANS a system or process that does not deplete the material and energy
resources required for the system or process to continue.
population - ANS all the individuals of the same species that are living in the same area.
Biotic community - ANS the populations of different species living in the same area.
ecosystem - ANS an interactive complex that includes the biotic community and its abiotic
environment in a particular area (local).
biome - ANS a regional (landscape-scale) biotic community that is determined by climate.
microclimate - ANS local conditions of the environment (i.e., temperature and moisture) that
vary (often more subtly) within the same area.
Law of limiting factors - ANS if a limiting environmental factor is out of the optimal range, it
will cause stress, limit growth, reproduction, and/or cause death.
producers - ANS harness energy from the sun to make biomass through the process of
photosynthesis.
consumers - ANS eat the biomass of producers and/or other consumers and utilize that
energy through the process of cellular respiration
decomposers - ANS obtain energy from dead organic matter by the process of
decomposition.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS
2026/2027
Environmental Science - ANS An interdisplinary study of the effects of human interactions
with the environment
The environmental movement - ANS A late 20th century increase in public awareness and
action concerning pollution, clean up, and protection of the environment.
Stewardship - ANS actions or programs that manage natural resources for the common good.
Steward's ethic - ANS caring for something on behalf of someone else.
theory - ANS a widely-accepted explanation of the natural world that is supported by
rigorous experimental testing and consistent conclusions.
environmental unity - ANS because Earth systems are inter-connected, one action causes
other actions/events.
ecological footprint - ANS a measure of an individual's or a community's demand on the
Earth's resources and waste-absorption capacity.
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, sustainability - ANS a system or process that does not deplete the material and energy
resources required for the system or process to continue.
population - ANS all the individuals of the same species that are living in the same area.
Biotic community - ANS the populations of different species living in the same area.
ecosystem - ANS an interactive complex that includes the biotic community and its abiotic
environment in a particular area (local).
biome - ANS a regional (landscape-scale) biotic community that is determined by climate.
microclimate - ANS local conditions of the environment (i.e., temperature and moisture) that
vary (often more subtly) within the same area.
Law of limiting factors - ANS if a limiting environmental factor is out of the optimal range, it
will cause stress, limit growth, reproduction, and/or cause death.
producers - ANS harness energy from the sun to make biomass through the process of
photosynthesis.
consumers - ANS eat the biomass of producers and/or other consumers and utilize that
energy through the process of cellular respiration
decomposers - ANS obtain energy from dead organic matter by the process of
decomposition.
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