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- Q1
Indirect forms of solar energy, such as wind and flowing water, provide us with inexhaustible energy sources that we can use to produce electricity.
truefalseTrue or False30s - Q2
Which process best illustrates an ecosystem service?
soil erosion
water purification
pollution cleanup
oil mining
30s - Q3
Which statement about environmentalism is correct?
Environmentalism is the study of moral judgments that influence human behavior.
Environmentalism is a branch of the field of environmental science.
Environmentalism is a social movement not a scientific field of study
Environmentalism focuses on interactions between living and nonliving things.
30s - Q4
Which factor is a major contributor to the degradation ofnatural capital associated with the pricing of consumable goods?
Consumable goods are priced in such a way as to allow even poor people in less-developed nations to acquire them.
Consumers in some local cultures purchase items that are expensive because of the social status it brings.
Consumable goods are priced in such a way that they do not reflect the environmental damage caused by their production.
Consumable goods are priced in such a way as to offset harmful environmental and health costs.
30s - Q5
Natural resources are considered natural capital, where as ecosystem services are not.
falsetrueTrue or False30s - Q6
Middle-income countries such as India and China may have low ____, but they have a high ____.
population size; population growth rate
resource use per person; overall environmental impact
overall environmental impact; resource use per person
population size; resource use per person
30s - Q7
A country’s ecological footprint is larger than its biological capacity to replenish its renewable resources and absorb the resulting waste and pollution. What can be said about this country?
It is a sustainable society.
It must not have any natural capital.
It is most likely a less-developed country.
It has an ecological shortage.
30s - Q8
Point sources of pollution ____.
are always found in rural areas where farming is common
include runoff of fertilizers and pesticides from farmlands and suburban lawns
enter ecosystems from dispersed and often hard-to-identify sources
are easier to identify than nonpoint sources of pollution
30s - Q9
About 80% of the world’s human population live in ____.
environmentally sustainable societies
nations with high average income per person
less-developed countries
more-developed countries
30s - Q10
What is one environmental benefit of wealth?
Increasing wealth allows for an increased capacity for resource consumption.
Increasing wealth provides resources to apply toward the creation of environmentally beneficial technologies.
Increasing wealth in more-developed nations leads to increased wealth in less-developed countries.
Increasing wealth encourages consumers to spend more money on locally manufactured products.
30s - Q11
Oil is a(n) ____.
nonrenewable resource because it cannot be formed on human time scales
renewable resource because it can be renewed through geologic processes
inexhaustible resource because it is a form of stored solar energy
renewable resource because it can be used to make fertilizers that restore soil fertility
30s - Q12
Living sustainably means living on ____—the renewable resources such as plants, animals, soil, clean air, and clean water provided by Earth’s natural capital.
ecosystem services
factors of sustainability
natural income
exponential growth
30s - Q13
You are installing solar collectors on the roof of your home to cut your use of the natural gas that heats both your hot water tank and the living spaces in your home. In doing so, you are using a(n) ____resource to replace a(n) ____ resource.
renewable; inexhaustible
inexhaustible; renewable
inexhaustible; nonrenewable
renewable; nonrenewable
30s - Q14
Which resource would best be categorized as inexhaustible?
coal reserves
clean water
forests
solar energy
30s - Q15
Environmental science can be described as interdisciplinary because it ____.
is rapidly evolving over time into a different form of science
includes topics that are not explored in other disciplines
includes biology, chemistry, geology, social sciences, and the humanities
often assigns responsibility to causes of environmental degradation
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