Indirect forms of solar energy, such as wind and flowing water, provide us with inexhaustible energy sources that we can use to produce electricity.

Which process best illustrates an ecosystem service?

Which statement about environmentalism is correct?

Which factor is a major contributor to the degradation ofnatural capital associated with the pricing of consumable goods?

Natural resources are considered natural capital, where as ecosystem services are not.

Middle-income countries such as India and China may have low ____, but they have a high ____.

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?

Point sources of pollution ____.

About 80% of the world’s human population live in ____.

What is one environmental benefit of wealth?

Oil is a(n) ____.

Living sustainably means living on ____—the renewable resources such as plants, animals, soil, clean air, and clean water provided by Earth’s natural capital.

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.

Which resource would best be categorized as inexhaustible?

Environmental science can be described as interdisciplinary because it ____.

Resource use per person is higher in the United States than it is in middle-income countries like China.

Which of the following is NOT an example of natural capital degradation?

According to the ____, all species have value as participating members of the biosphere, regardless of their potential or actual use to humans.

The Tragedy of the Commons refers to the ____.

The tragedy of the commons is a phenomenon that occurs only when the number of users of a resource is small.