Deck 2: A Brief History of Sustainability

Question 1

The science of ecology can be said to study relationships and connections, as opposed to individual objects.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The word "ecology" comes from the Greek word oikos, meaning "household."

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Chaos theory is a branch of mathematics that is relevant to the study of ecology.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Rachel Carson was a famous mathematician.

Question 5

The sustainability movement differs from the environmental movement in that it also includes economics and equity.

Question 6

The Endangered Species Act gave some legal protection to listed species and eocsystems upon which they depend.

Question 7

Sustainability will prove to be the most consequential discipline of the twenty-first century.

Question 8

Thomas Malthus is best known for his writings on

A) economics
B) population
C) ecology
D) group dynamics

Question 9

In the U.S., the system of national wildlife refuges was established by

A) Theodore Roosevelt
B) Gifford Pinchot
C) John Muir
D) Henry David Thoreau

Question 10

The title of the influential book Silent Spring referred to

A) a political clampdown
B) pesticide use
C) water scarcity
D) resource depletion

Question 11

Love Canal was

A) the site of the first Earth Day
B) an environmental movement
C) a community that became a hazardous waste site
D) a pesticide manufacturer

Question 12

Environmental justice refers to

A) a legal movement to protect ecosystems
B) a civil rights movement to block the dumping of toxins in minority neighborhoods
C) a movement that promotes access to a clean, healthy environment as a fundamental human right
D) both B and C

Question 13

Earthrise was

A) an early environmental movement
B) a set of environmental laws
C) the group sponsoring the first Earth Day
D) an influential photograph

Question 14

The well-known definition of sustainable development as "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" was written in

A) The first IPCC report
B) Our Common Future, or the Brundtland report
C) The first United Nations report, Only One Earth
D) The United Nations report Blueprint for Survival

Question 15

The Kyoto Protocol relates to

A) the ozone layer
B) climate change
C) persistent organic pollutants
D) water pollution

Question 16

The Montreal Protocol is

A) a ban on ozone-depleting chemicals
B) a limit to greenhouse gases
C) a ban on toxic chemicals
D) a limit on electronic waste disposal

Question 17

Which publication is NOT generally considered as one that launched the beginnings of the environmental movement?

A) The Population Bomb by Paul Ehrlich
B) Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher
C) Walden: Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
D) Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Question 18

Sustainability science first became a recognized academic discipline in

A) Europe
B) Canada
C) United States
D) Costa Rica

Question 19

Measuring human impact and comparing it with the biophysical world's carrying capacity is known as

A) life cycle assessment
B) ecological footprint
C) biological capacity
D) carbon footprint

Question 20

This accounting process measures the environmental impacts of a material or thing from cradle to grave:

A) ecological footprint
B) life cycle assessment
C) carbon footprint
D) life cycle costing