Environmental Sustainability Quiz

Why is chemical cycling necessary for life on the earth?​

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What does it means to live off the earth's natural income?​

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How does resource use per person in the United States compare to China?

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How does the overall environmental impact of the United States compare to China?​

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What accounts for the overall environmental impact of the United States relative to China?​

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​What accounts for the difference between the overall environmental impacts of the United States and Japan?

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The tragedy of the commons refers to the ____.​

• overuse of privately held resources

• degradation of shared common resources

• human deaths resulting polluted shared resources such as air or water

• government over-regulation of fresh water use

• use of nonrenewable resources

Which activity is an example of environmental degradation?​

• Using solar power at a rapid rate

• Growing crops for food

• Cutting trees for wood products faster than the trees can regrow

• Harvesting fish at a sustainable rate

• Using groundwater at the same rate it is replenished​

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Research by social scientists suggests that it takes only ____ of the population of a community, a country, or the world to bring about major social and environmental change.​

• 1%

• 5-10%

• about one-third

• about half

​What term refers to the average ecological footprint of an individual in a given country or area?

• ecosystem service

• natural capital

• unsustainable yield

• mean of the commons

• per capita ecological footprint