Station One:
Use the index cards and markers to create
flashcards for the vocabulary Below!
Ecological footprint
degradation
Renewable resource
Economics
reserve
Deficit
Sustainability
Non-renewable resource
The Lorax
Station Two:
Answer the multiple choice questions on the
cards
and then check with your teacher for the
key!
Number One
During the agricultural
revolution,
a) Plants and animals were
domesticated.
b) Fossil fuel use increased.
c) Human population
decreased due to disease.
d) Both (a) and (c)
Number Two
The “tragedy of the commons”
describes the conflict between
a) Developing and developed
countries
b) Farmers and industry
c) Individuals and society
d) Canada and Mexico
Number Three
Most of today’s environmental
problems began during which
period in human history?
a) Hunter-gatherer
b) Agricultural revolution
c) Industrial revolution
d) Both (a) and (c)
Number Four
What is the primary difference
between renewable resources and
nonrenewable resources?
a. How easily they are
discovered
b. The amount of the resource
c. The length of time it takes for
the resource to be made
d. How fast they are being
used
Number five
During the ____________
period(s), humans altered their
habitats.
a) Hunter-gatherer
b) Agricultural revolution
c) Industrial revolution
d) All of the above
Number Sic
Which of the following
situations best describes the use
of a renewable resource?
a) Filling a car with gasoline
b) Building wooden
furniture
c) Mining copper
d) Burning coal in a power
plant
Number Seven
A country has a very high
population, no access to
healthcare or education, and low
income would be considered
______________.
a) Developed
b) Developing
c) Sustainable
d) Renewable
Station Three:
Read the scenario below and answer the
questions.
A state agency has contacted you to do a scientific assessment of kudzu in a nature preserve in southern Georgia. They are
concerned about the effects of the non-native invasive vine on a small rare plant that grows on the forest floor in the preserve, but
which is found nowhere else in the state. Kudzu is only growing in the east side of the preserve because it hasn’t yet had time to
invade further. In order to assess the effect of kudzu on the rare plant, you set up the following experiment:
Site 1: On the east side of the park with the kudzu, you set up ten 1X1 meter plots on the forest floor. In each plot you count the
number of individuals of the rare plant.
Site 2: On the west side of the park without the kudzu, you set up tent 1X1 meter plots of the forest floor. In each plot you count
the number of individuals of the are plant.
Identify the following from the scenario above:
 Hypothesis
 Control site
 Experimental Site
 Independent variable
 Dependent variable
Station Four:
Answer the following questions using your
INB:
• The “ecological footprint” left by a citizen of a developed
nation (Ex. United States) is about four times larger than that
left by a citizen of a developing nation (Ethiopia). Why would
this be the case?
• Explain why hunter-gatherers did NOT have a large impact on
the environment.