Question 1

List the three scientific principles of sustainability and give an example of each.

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Question 2

Make an argument supporting the statement that individuals matter in making the shift toward environmental sustainability?

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Question 3

Companies using resources to provide goods for consumers

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A) are not generally required to pay for the harmful environmental costs of supplying the goods. 
B) are usually required to pay for the harmful environmental costs of supplying the goods. 
C) almost always clean up any pollution from their business operations. 
D) pass on the cost of environmental degradation to consumers. 
E) must report their environmental degradation.

Question 4

How does environmentalism differ from environmental science or ecology?

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Question 5

Describe the environmental wisdom worldview and provide an example.

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Question 6

A reasonable goal is to reduce global population growth by year ____ to level off around ____ billion.

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A) 2040; 8 billion 
B) 2020; 8 billion 
C) 2040; 13 billion 
D) 2020; 6 billion 
E) 2060; 5 billion

Question 7

Resources that are called nonrenewable are

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A) also called perpetual resources. 
B) the only resources that are alive. 
C) a fixed quantity in the earth's crust. 
D) derived from solar capital. 
E) found almost everywhere on the earth.

Question 8

The per capita ecological footprint is the availability of productive land and usable water to support the population with no consideration for environmental impact.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

When a country's GDP decreases, the per capita GDP must also decrease.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Economic growth provides more goods and services whereas economic development uses economic growth to improve living standards.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The most effective new effort to prevent the "tragedy of the commons" might include

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A) using common-property resources at or above their sustainable yields. 
B) using shared resources at rates below their estimated sustainable yields. 
C) moving from a users pay approach to a taxpayers pay approach. 
D) deregulating industries that use common-property resources. 
E) increasing public availability to resources.

Question 12

Examples of potentially renewable resources include

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A) groundwater, trees in a forest, and fertile soil. 
B) trees in a forest, animals, and oil. 
C) fertile soil, air, and fossil fuels. 
D) coal, groundwater, and plants. 
E) trees in a forest, fossil fuels, and air.

Question 13

Why does the search for scientific solutions to sustainability problems often involve conflicts?

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Question 14

The earth's natural income includes

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A) the human population. 
B) the renewable resources provided by Earth's natural capital. 
C) plants. 
D) fossil fuels. 
E) the nonrenewable resources.

Question 15

Reducing packaging on manufactured goods in an example of

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A) pollution cleanup 
B) pollution prevention. 
C) the tragedy of the commons. 
D) a tradeoff 
E) an end-of-the-pipe solution.

Exam 1: Environmental Problems, Their Causes, and Sustainability

List the three scientific principles of sustainability and give an example of each.

Make an argument supporting the statement that individuals matter in making the shift toward environmental sustainability?

Companies using resources to provide goods for consumers

How does environmentalism differ from environmental science or ecology?

Describe the environmental wisdom worldview and provide an example.

A reasonable goal is to reduce global population growth by year to level off around billion.

Resources that are called nonrenewable are

The per capita ecological footprint is the availability of productive land and usable water to support the population with no consideration for environmental impact.

When a country's GDP decreases, the per capita GDP must also decrease.

Economic growth provides more goods and services whereas economic development uses economic growth to improve living standards.

The most effective new effort to prevent the "tragedy of the commons" might include

Examples of potentially renewable resources include

Why does the search for scientific solutions to sustainability problems often involve conflicts?

The earth's natural income includes

Reducing packaging on manufactured goods in an example of