Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 - Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.
18. The per capita ecological footprint is the total ecological footprint for a given country or area.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom's: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.2 How Are Our Ecological Footprints Affecting the Earth?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 - Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.
19. Affluence always has negative environmental effects.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
False
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES:
1.3 Why Do We Have Environmental Problems?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.3.2 - Discuss how affluence has harmful and beneficial environmental effects.
20. The “tragedy of the commons” refers to a situation in which the cumulative effect of large numbers of people trying to exploit a widely available or shared resource can degrade it and eventually exhaust or ruin it.
a.
True
b.
False
ANSWER:
True
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.2 How Are Our Ecological Footprints Affecting the Earth?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.2.3 - Discuss two major ways to deal with the overexploitation of commonly shared renewable resources.
Multiple Choice
21. Which term best describes the processes provided by healthy ecosystems that support life and human economies at no monetary cost to us?
a.
nonpoint sources
b.
point sources
c.
sustainable principles
d.
natural resources
e.
ecosystem services
ANSWER:
e
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 - Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.
22. Environmental science can be described as interdisciplinary because it ____.
a.
allows for a rigorous study of the environment
b.
includes topics that are not explored in other disciplines
c.
often assigns responsibility to causes of environmental degradation
d.
is rapidly evolving over time into a different form of science
e.
includes biology, chemistry, geology, social sciences, and the humanities
ANSWER:
e
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 - Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.
23. What is one of the three goals of environmental science, as proposed by your text?
a.
Reduce affluence.
b.
Understand how we interact with the environment.
c.
Acquire a life-centered environmental worldview.
d.
Enhance environmental degradation.
e.
Reduce the use of technology.
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Remember
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1 - Summarize the three key principles of sustainability of life on this planet.
24. What is a social movement that is dedicated to trying to sustain the earth’s life-support system for all forms of life?
a.
ecology