Read the Scenario and Answer the Accompanying Questions

Multiple Choice

Read the scenario and answer the accompanying questions.
Many important life-sustaining resources and ecosystem services are predicted to become scarcer in the next 50 years. Two of the best-known examples of this trend involve water and oil consumption. Although a daily dependence on both is a fact of human existence in the 21st century, these resources differ in very basic ways: renewability. Although not the only effective approach, increased conservation is recommended as a central focus for managing both resources, in order to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable future.
-Increased water stewardship requires that we stop using Earth's surface and groundwater as_______

A) waste disposal systems
B) a way to raise agricultural crops
C) a source of recreation for boating
D) important ecosystem services
E) sources of electrical energy