DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Apply
REFERENCES:
1.2 How Are Our Ecological Footprints Affecting the Earth?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.2.5 - Given the population size, affluence, and technology, determine the environmental impact of human activities by using the IPAT model.
43. On human time scales, nonrenewable resources ____.
a.
may be considered inexhaustible
b.
can never be recycled
c.
are replenished by natural processes within hours
d.
are used without ever becoming depleted
e.
can be depleted much faster than nature can form them
ANSWER:
e
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 - Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.
44. Sustainable yield is the highest rate at which we can use a(n) ____ indefinitely without reducing its available supply.
a.
renewable resource
b.
fossil fuel
c.
solar energy
d.
mineral resource
e.
nonrenewable resource
ANSWER:
a
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Understand
REFERENCES:
1.1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
ENVS.MLSP.16.1.1.3 - Differentiate among inexhaustible, renewable, and nonrenewable resources.
45. The tragedy of the commons refers to the ____.
a.
overuse of privately held resources
b.
degradation of shared common resources
c.
human deaths resulting polluted shared resources such as air or water
d.
government over-regulation of fresh water use
e.
use of nonrenewable resources
ANSWER:
b
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Understand
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.
46. In many parts of the world, renewable forests are shrinking and topsoil is eroding. This fact is evidence that ____.
a.
all forms of technology increase environmental impacts
b.
affluence has no impact on the health of the environment
c.
point sources of pollution are easy to identify
d.
the market prices of goods include the harmful environmental costs of producing them
e.
we are living unsustainably
ANSWER:
e
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Analyze
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.
47. The term “ecological footprint” can best be described as the ____.
a.
average size of the lot on which a family home is built
b.
number of acres necessary to grow enough food to support a family
c.
geographic area in which a person travels during the course of their average daily activities
d.
amount of land and water needed to supply a population or an area with renewable resources and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution produced by such resource use
e.
amount of tillable agricultural land necessary to supply the food requirements of a nation
ANSWER:
d
DIFFICULTY:
Bloom’s: Understand
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.