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- 1. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
The study of relationships between living organisms and the environment is known as:
Environmental Science
Ecology
Biological Economics
Natural Science
None of the above
- 2. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
The interdisciplinary subject that combines information from physical sciences, life sciences and the social sciences to learn how the earth works and how humans impact it is known as:
Conservation
Environmental Science
Ecology
Sustainability
Biology
- 3. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
All of the following are examples of sustainability EXCEPT:
Solar Energy
Chemical cycling
Land Development
Biodiversity
Water Conservation
- 4. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
Natural capital consists of ____________ and ecosystem services.
Natural resources
Sustainable endeavors
Economic indicators
Government resources
Environmental oversight
- 5. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
The population of the world has been increasing
At a constant rate
Equally among the countries of the world
Exponentially
Slowly since l963
Until 2000, when it began to stabilize
- 6. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
A resource that can be replaced in a human lifetime is known as a:
Conservative resource
Nonrenewable resource
Important resource
Renewable resource
Sustainable resource
- 7. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
Plants and trees can be cut down and replanted. These resources are therefore considered to be
Renewable resources
Nonrenewable resources
Perpetual
Exhaustible resources
Sustainable
- 8. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
Which of the following factors is used by the United Nations to classify a nation as developed or developing?
Gain in population
Resource use
Distribution of wealth in a population
Degree of industrialization
Annual birth rate
- 9. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
The population of Oceanside is currently growing at a rate of 2% per year. Approximately how many years will it take for its population to double?
0.5 years
10 years
35 years
40 years
55 years
- 10. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
The “Tragedy of the Commons” refers to the overuse of:
Free-access resources
Government subsidies
Privately owned resources
Venture capital
Corporate revenue
- 11. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
An ecological footprint is defined as
The impact an individual may have on a given area of land
The amount of biologically productive land and water needed to sustain an individual within a population
The carrying capacity of the earth for a given population
The amount of land and water that has been converted to nonproductive use within a given geographical region
- 12. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
Environmental ethics can best be defined as:
Using the environment wisely
Maintaining environmental sustainability
Examining the moral basis and extent of our environmental responsibility
Educating people on the economic benefits of recycling
- 13. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
All of the following are strategies suggested to reduce global poverty EXCEPT
Increase in the number of health care facilities and health care workers in developing countries
Provide universal primary school education for all children
Displace the governments of developing countries and replace them with democracies
Reduce population growth
Make low-interest loans to poor people to help them increase their income
- 14. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
Solutions to environmental problems are not always easy. This is because:
There is only one correct answer to environmental problems
It means that people will suffer
Once a solution is suggested, it can never be changed
Laws must always be written to solve the environmental problem
Any solution has both advantages and disadvantages
- 15. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
Countries such as China increasingly have populations that are attaining a middle-class status. This has led to all of the following EXCEPT:
Increased harmful effects of resource consumption
More people purchasing cell phones, cars and appliances
A decrease in environmental impact as residents become increasingly aware of the effect of pollution
Two-thirds of the world’s most polluted cities being in China
Less arable land available for farming
- 16. Multiple-choice2 minutes1 pt
All of the following ways would help reduce the projected ecological footprint EXCEPT:
Using shared resources at rates well below their estimated sustainable yields
Converting open-access resources to private ownership
Reducing the amount of land used for commercial forestry
Recycling nonrenewable metallic resources
Continuing reliance on the current fossil fuel-based, automobile-centered economy
