ENVS1001_Milestone_1 SOPHIA

1 Which statement about projected human population growth below is incorrect? Innovation and technology have little influence on projected population growth. If population growth dramatically slows, the Earth's popula ...

1 Which statement about projected human population growth below is incorrect? Innovation and technology have little influence on projected population growth. If population growth dramatically slows, the Earth's population will be 7.4 billion by 2050. The population in 2050 will reach 10 billion if growth continues to increase. Continuing to slow the growth at current rates will result in a population of 8.9 billion by mid-century. CONCEPT The Impact of Population Growth 2 Ecosystems provide many benefits to humans, which are termed "ecosystem services." Visiting the Grand Canyon on a school field trip is an example of a __________ service that ecosystems can provide. provisioning cultural 7/18/2020 Sophia :: Welcome https://www.sophia.org/spcc/environmental-science-2/milestone_take_feedbacks/4926553 2/12 regulating supporting CONCEPT Biodiversity 3 Which of the following is the best example of how the public can apply environmental science? Purchasing only organic vegetables after learning about the damaging effects of pesticides Regulating air and water emissions from a nearby power plant Studying the impact of a proposed natural gas pipeline that crosses a protected environment Administering free vaccinations for children in a developing country CONCEPT Applying Environmental Science 4 Choose the statement below that is NOT true about early Earth's atmosphere. The ozone layer was quite thick. There was no free oxygen. Conditions were favorable for forming chemical bonds. Both ammonia and methane were present. 7/18/2020 Sophia :: Welcome https://www.sophia.org/spcc/environmental-science-2/milestone_take_feedbacks/4926553 3/12 CONCEPT Earth's Formation 5 Match the graph image with its corresponding type and common use. Bar graph, which is used to show differences in quantifiable characteristics across groups Scatter plot, which is used to show the relationship between two characteristics Map, which is used to show the location of various phenomena Line graph, which is used to show a trend in a characteristic relative to changes CONCEPT Graphic Literacy 6 Choose the best explanation of the distinction between environmental science and environmentalism from the options below. Environmental science is a subjective examination of human interactions with the environment and environmentalism is an objective assessment of how humans relate to the environmen