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- 1. Multiple Choice
What is the definition of Ecological Footprint?The impact of a person on their neighborsThe impact of a person on the environmentThe impact of the oceans towards erosionHow much pollution an animal produces - 2. Multiple ChoiceOur effect on the environment - a combination of what we consume, and the waste we produce.Ecological FingerprintEcological FootprintEcological ImageEcological History
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat does sustainability mean?Avoiding the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain ecological balance.using only fossil fuelsusing only non-renewable resources
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following will have the longest term impact on organisms in an ecosystem?floodingoil spillblizzardglobal warming
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat does biodiversity mean?Only one species in an area.The different amount of species in an areaAll abiotic lifeNitrogen fixation
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the major cause for air pollution?factories and carscigarretesdeforestationoil spills
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?deforestationremoving carnivores from a forestrecyclingheating homes with fossil fuels
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following terms best describes a lifestyle that promotes gradual usage and replenishment of resources?
Sustainability
Ecology
Footprints
Unsustainability
- 9. Multiple Choice
What can you do to decrease your ecological footprint? (Multiple answer)
eat more meat
drive less
take shorter showers
recycle
- 10. Multiple Choice
The Ecological footprint measure considers which of the following:
biologically productive land and water area required to produce resources used
land and water required to absorb waste
technology and management resource practices
a & b
a & b & c
- 11. Multiple Choice
Your ecological footprint is expressed in
global warming
global hectares (gha)
greenhouse effect
CO2 emisions
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which of these is known to be a reason for increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
Increased deforestation.
Less combustion.
Excessive use of fertiliser.
- 13. Multiple Choice
The Greenhouse Effect:
Results in the decrease in the surface temperature on Earth
Results in the rise in the surface temperature on Earth
Is caused by a shortage of oxygen
- 14. Multiple Choice
The main cause of Global Warming is:
pollution from factories and automobiles
orbital eccentricities of Earth and variations in the Sun's output
the Greenhouse Effect
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which of the following are consequences associated with climate change?
The ice sheets are declining, glaciers are in retreat globally, and our oceans are more acidic than ever
Surface temperatures are setting new heat records about each year
More extreme weather like droughts, heat waves, and hurricanes
Global sea levels are rising at an alarmingly fast rate — 17 centimeters in the last century alone and going higher.
All of the above
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