Ch. 1 Quiz

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What is the Tragedy of the Commons example in the Lorax?

• The Onceler uses up all the trees to make Thneeds, causing the environment to change
• The Lorax working at the factory
• The Fish swimming in the pond

A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it:

• renewable
• nonrenewable

Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource?

• coal
• copper
• wave energy

What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years?

• It has increased dramatically.
• It has decreased dramatically.

This is the social movement dedicated to the protection of the natural world.

• Environmentalism
• Environmental Science
• Biocentrism

Of the following, which can be depleted (use up the supply) if overused?

• sunlight
• water
• wind

A set of moral principles or values held by a person or society is called

• ethics.
• justice.

The concept of tragedy of the commons means:

• The common people go through tragedies through environmental problems.
• It is due to consumer societies becoming disconnected from the natural environment.
• It is environmental degradation (wearing down) in which self-interest of people results in the destruction of a common or shared resource.

Ecological footprint refers to

• the footprint area left by human beings in the Amazon rainforest.
• the birth-death cycle of terrestrial organisms.
• the amount of biologically productive land and water area needed to support the lifestyle of humans.