Stewardship and Sustainability Glossary

What is "the type of rain caused mainly by the pollution of the atmosphere, especially from the burning of coal"?

• sulfur rain

• acid rain

• poisonous rain

• carbon rain

What term refers to "the variability among living organisms from all sources, including everything that lives in the land, air, ocean, and fresh water"?

• biodiversity

• biological variation

• evolution

• synthesized earth

What is "the degradation of land resulting from various factors, including climate change and human activities?"

• salinification

• bio-destruction

• erosion

• desertification

Which of the following statements best describes "economy of scale."

• equal pay for equal work

• the bigger the better

• longer work, lower pay

• good things come in small packages

True or false:

The "greenhouse effect" is when the temperature of the planet’s atmosphere decreases as heat energy from sunlight is trapped by gases in the atmosphere.

• True

• False

Stewardship refers to which of the following

• good management of something

• conducting or supervising something

• entrusting something to one’s care

• All of the above

An ecological footprint is

• The amount of land and water area a person needs to sustain themselves.

• The impact of the oceans towards land erosion

• The amount of land pollution a person produces per year

• The environmental impact of one country on another

What is the best definition of sustainability?

• The use of less fossil fuels and the application of more green energy.

• The increase of negative effects on the environmental

• Decreased cost and increased production.

• The balanced use natural resources in order to maintain minimal ecological effects.

Which of the following will have the longest term impact on organisms in an ecosystem?

• climate change

• oil spills

• blizzards

• flooding

Your ecological footprint is expressed in

• global warming

• global hectares (gha)

• greenhouse effect

• CO₂ emisions