Sustainability

Which of the following is an example of natural capital?

• Money in a bank account

• A forest ecosystem

• A factory

• A computer

Sustainability aims to balance which three main areas?

• Environment, economy, and society

• Air, Water, and Land

• Plants, Animals, and Humans

• Past, Present and Future

Which resource type cannot be replenished within a human lifetime?

• Renewable Resource

• Inexhaustible Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Natural Income

What term describes the benefits people obtain from ecosystems?

• Natural Income

• Ecosystem Service

• Environmental Degradation

• Ecological Footprint

Which of the following is an example of an inexhaustible resource?

• Coal

• Solar Energy

• Oil

• Natural Gas

The gradual destruction of the environment through depletion of resources and pollution is known as __.

1.    

• Renewable Resource

• Ecological Footprint

• Natural Resource

• Environmental Degradation

__ are materials or substances that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

• Renewable Resource

• Ecological Footprint

• Natural Resource

• Environmental Degradation

1.       The __ is a measure of human demand on nature, representing the amount of biologically productive land and sea area needed to support a population's consumption.

• Renewable Resource

• Ecological Footprint

• Natural Resource

• Environmental Degradation

__ refers to the Earth's natural resources and ecosystems that provide goods and services to support life.

• Renewable Resource

• Ecological Footprint

• Natural Resource

• Natural Capital

Resources that can be replenished within a human lifetime are called __ resources.

• Renewable Resource

• Ecological Footprint

• Natural Resource

• Natural Capital