ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Read the following statement carefully and choose the correct alternative given below:

Statement I: Environment is defined as the total planetary inheritance and the totality of all resources.

Statement II: Environment includes all biotic and abiotic factors that influence each other.

• Both I and II are correct.

     

• Both I and II are incorrect.

•    Only I is correct.

•     Only II is correct.

Read the following statement carefully and choose the correct alternative given below:

Statement I: Fishes are abiotic component of environment.

Statement II: Living components of environment are called abiotic components.

• Both I and II are correct.

     

• Both I and II are incorrect.

•    Only I is correct.

•     Only II is correct.

Rocks and sunlight are all examples of _________ of the environment.

• abiotic elements

• biotic elements

__________ is the ability of the environment to absorb degradation.

• Regenerative Capacity

• Absorptive capacity

• Extraction Rate

• Carrying capacity

Environment is able to supply resources as long as
_________________.

• Resource extraction is less than the rate of resource replenishment.

• Resource extraction is More than the rate of resource replenishment.

• Resource extraction is equal to the rate of resource replenishment.

• Waste generation is within the assimilative capacity of the environment.

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

• Water has become an economic good.

• The past development has polluted and dried up rivers and other aquifers.

• The environmental issues of waste generation and pollution have become critical today.

• we are now faced with increased demand for environmental resources and services, but their supply is limited due to overuse.

___________ are  those which can be used  without the possibility of the  resource becoming depleted  or exhausted.

• Renewable resources

• Non-Renewable resources

____________ are those which get exhausted with extraction and use.

• Non-renewable resources

• Renewable resources

Which of the following are the opportunity costs of environmental degradation?

• Huge Expenditure on technology and research to explore new resources.

• Rising Health costs of degraded environmental quality

• Global environmental issues such as global warming and ozone depletion has contributed to increased financial commitments for the government.

Two major environmental issues facing the world today are _________and________ .