Exam 1: Environment, Resources, and Society

Economic growth and a correlated drop in population growth is called ________.

What are the three waves of environmental management approaches, and what impact did each of these waves have on the types of strategies used to achieve environmental management?

Rapid human population growth began when ________.

The triple bottom line, as developed by Elkington, does NOT include which of the following:

The following provides the best example of a "wicked problem": ________.

In resource management, control systems are designed to ________.

What is sustainable development?

Every person on Earth has roughly the same environmental impact.

People in the world's wealthiest countries use ________ times as much energy per capita than the world's poorest people.

To ensure that many disciplinary specialists are included in research from the outset to better understand complex environmental systems, we should strive to use ________ approaches

Canada's population density is ________.

According to the United Nations, the global population will reach over ________ billion people by 2100.

Human activities have become a main driving force behind environmental change.

GNP stands for ________.

The environment includes the following components: ________.

In May 2018, the federal government purchased the Trans Mountain pipeline for ________.

The following is NOT a strategic aspect of sustainable development: ________.

The view, in which ecosystem components are valued for themselves, irrespective of their immediate value for people, is known as an anthropocentric view.

Extreme poverty can be defined as a condition where ________.

Resilience is the ability of an ecosystem to absorb disturbance without altering its basic structure and functions.