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ENVR 101, Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. VERIFIED. Environmental science - -the study of how the natural world works and how the environment effects humans and vice versa Natural resources - -Substances and energy sources we need for survival Renewable Resources - -Replenished over short periods Nonrenewable Resources - -unavailable after depletion Exhaustible resource (replenished if careful not to deplete) examples - -solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy, w...

ENVR 101 Final Exam Review Questions and answers. Graded A+ Interconnectedness - -The outcome of wolf reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park demonstrates the [_______________] of environmental systems. Promotes waste reduction, energy conservation, and prevention or mitigation of environmental damage. - -The Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economics (CERES): thermal pollution - -A factory uses water to cool generators as a part of its manufacturing process. To do this...

ENVR 101 Final Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Rated A+ What kind of pollution causes "dead zones" in places like golf course ponds, Chesapeake Bay, and the Gulf of Mexico? - -C. non-point (diffuse) source Things seem riskier when they... - -D. are new and/or complex The chemical-bond energy in food is converted into: - -C. all of these The energy stored in glucose (sugar) comes from: - -C. the sun What are examples of personal choices that, in aggregate across societ...

ENVR 101 Top Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Latest updates, 2023/2024 A good example of where political boundaries and ecological boundaries DO NOT coincide is: - -all of these. Which of the following is NOT part of the biosphere: - -Rocks Organic matter: - -consists of molecules that contain carbon atoms. Pollution, species extinction, resource depletion, and loss of scenic quality are all examples of - -all of these. The seriousness of a chemical risk to a single organi...

ENVR 101 final exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Verified. Who opened up and popularized public debate about the role and risks of pesticides in the 1960s? - -Rachel Carson he outcome of wolf reintroduction into Yellowstone National Park demonstrates the [_______________] of environmental systems. - -interconnectedness The water pollution in the Cayahoga River was so severe that it has never recovered. This shows that NEPA, the EPA, and the Clean Water Act are not effective. ...

ENVR 101 - EXAM 1, Questions & Answers, 100% Accurate. Verified. Environmental science - -an interdisciplinary area of study that includes both applied and theoretical aspects of human impact on the world. encompasses both scientific and social aspects of human impacts on the world. environment - -everything that affects an organism during its lifetime isotopes - -tons of the same element that differ from one another in the number of neutrons they contain. ex= hydrogen molecules - ...

ENVR 101 final exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Verified. environmentally friendly - -designed not to harm the areas in which we live natural resources - -valuable substances such as wood and oil that exist in a country's land and sea climate change - -the way the world's weather is being altered so that it is becoming warmer natural disasters - -these can cause a lot of damage or kill a lot of people, for example, floods or earthquakes pollution - -the process of da...

ENVR 101 - EXAM 1 Top Questions and answers. 100% Accurate. Verified. Environmental science - -an interdisciplinary area of study that includes both applied and theoretical aspects of human impact on the world. encompasses both scientific and social aspects of human impacts on the world. environment - -everything that affects an organism during its lifetime isotopes - -tons of the same element that differ from one another in the number of neutrons they contain. ex= hydrogen molecul...

ENVR 101 Exam 1 Top Questions and answers, VERIFIED. what is science? - -the study of something through observation what is the nature of environmental science? - -the Earth is fine without humans but humans need other Earthly processes to survive What are the components of environmental science? - -- natural sciences - social sciences - engineering - humanities Frontier science is... - -science that is new/not much research/up for public debate How do boundaries complicate e...

ENVR 101 Final Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. Rated A+ A scientific theory A. is preliminary. B. is often controversial. C. explains only a few observations. D. is supported by a wide range of evidence. - -D. is supported by a wide range of evidence. A good example of where political boundaries and ecological boundaries DO NOT coincide is: A. all of these. B. in the lithosphere (land ownership). C. in the atmosphere (air, including air pollution). D. in the h...