BBE Quiz Questions with Correct Answers Latest Update Graded A+
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BBE Quiz Questions with Correct
Answers Latest Update Graded A+
According to Dave Morris's 'The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy', "In 1820, Americans
used two tons of [plant matter] for every one ton of [coal/oil]... But by 1975 Americans used
________ ton(s) of [coal/oil] for every on...
BBE Quiz Questions with Correct Answers Latest Upd ate Graded A+ According to Dave Morris's 'The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy', "In 1820, Americans used two tons of [plant matter] for every one ton of [coal/oil]... But by 1975 Americans used ________ ton(s) of [coal/oil] for every one ton of [plant matter]." ✔✔ Eight Natural Resources Include ✔✔ Land Water Fossil Fuels Non-metallic minerals Metallic minerals Air The US is a net exporter of iron ore ✔✔ True According to the 2017 U.S. Energy Information Administration's report on proven crude oil reserves by country, the top two countries are 1. Venezuela and 2. Saudi Arabia. Which country ranks third for largest volume of proven reserves? ✔✔ Canada Biorenewable resources are a subset of nonrenewable resources ✔✔ False In the Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise (IPP) text the author wrote that the three pillars of sustainability are ecology, economy and society. What was his point? ✔✔ A healthy society must balance economics with the environmental protection In the book "The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise" the author suggests that all of the products we consume have their origin in ________________. ✔✔ Mining, Forest Harvesting, or Agriculture In his video Hans Rosling indicated that 1/7th of the population (1 billion of the total of 7 billion) use about ________ of the energy. ✔✔ 50% What was the current R/P ratio for crude oil in 2010? ✔✔ About 43 years The graph showing the % consumption of various materials from the developed nations was super interesting. It showed that these countries often consumed about 50% of the global resources yet represent only about _______% of the global population. ✔✔ 11% According to Hans Rosling, how many people live below the poverty line and don't have electricity? ✔✔ 2 billion Assume the Proven Reserves of the mineral bambium are 50 tons and the consumption rate of bambium is 2 tons per year. What is the R/P ratio? ✔✔ 25 years How to calculate R/P ratio ✔✔ Proven reserves / consumption rate If someone asked you if we should be concerned about running out of petroleum (crude oil) in about 40 years what would your response be? ✔✔ No probably not. We really will never run out of anything -- it may get unrealistic with expense but we won't run out In the video Hans talked about the 4 billion people that live between the poverty line and "the airline". Of these 4 billion about how many people have washing machines? ✔✔ 1 billion Globally consumption of minerals is about 12 tons per person per year. However, this is slightly misleading because ✔✔ wealthy developed countries consume much more and poorer countries consume much less Figure 2 showed the % consumption of different resources for the developed nations. It showed that in the year 2010 these countries consumed about __________ of the global petroleum consumption. ✔✔ 50% Assume the world population at the end of 2017 was 7.4 billion people. The population growth rate in 2018 is 1.07%. How many more people were on the planet at the end of 2018? ✔✔ 80 million more One of the big environmental issues with mining of metals is the tailing ponds. What are "tailings"? ✔✔ The leftover crushed rock after the metals are extracted. When people talk about "ore" what are they referring to? If you don't know, you may need to google it. ✔✔ A naturally occurring solid material from which a metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted. Which impact is most important? ✔✔ impacts to human health What example was used to explain the concept 'it takes more resources to extract more resources"? ✔✔ Mountaintop coal mining Which of the following reasons were given for why countries import resources? ✔✔ Cheaper because of cheap labor, no local supply, cheaper because of relaxed environmental regulations From the video, the taconite in the Mesabi formation contains about ___% iron. ✔✔ 30% The Mesabi Iron Range mine video spent some time highlighting the steps the company took to protect the environment. ✔✔ True Because we are starting to see consumption as the problem Chapter 7 suggested a couple of options: recycling and materials use efficiency. What best describes materials use efficiency? ✔✔ Building the same product with less material
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