Chapter 1 Student name:__________ MULTIPLE CHOICE - Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) Environmental science is an interdisciplinary area of study that deals with all of the following except A) politics. B) economics. C) ethics. D) All answer choices are correct. 2) Environment is defined as A) the surroundingconditions that affect organisms. B) everything thataffects an organism during its lifetime. C) all organisms including people affecting many components. D) More than one of the choices are correct. E) None of the answer choices are correct. 3) An ecosystem is A) the transition zone between grassland and desert. B) a group of interactive species and their environment. C) a body of freshwater. D) the lowland