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ESE 200 Final Exam Study Quide
Questions And Answers.

Which systems are included in the usual three-part model of a sustainable earth? (Select
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all that apply)
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a. Its Ecosystems
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b. Its Environment
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c. Its Economies
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d. Its Societies - (correct answer) -Its Environment
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Its Economies
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Its Societies
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Sustainable systems (check all that apply) yu yu yu yu yu




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a. Can be natural
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b. Can be human
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c. Don't change over time
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d. Allow future systems to flourish - (correct answer) -Can be natural
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Can be human yu yu




Allow future systems to flourish
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What is meant by "sustainable development"?
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a. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of
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future generations to meet their own needs
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b. Development that forces people to revert to the lesser technology of the past and give
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up their desired quality of life in the present
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c. Development that only uses renewable resources
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d. Development that continues to reinvent itself - (correct answer) -Development that
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meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to
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meet their own needs
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In the IPAT equation the environmental impact (I) of human activity is modeled to
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increase when the following increases: - (correct answer) -Technology
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Affluence
Population

According to this lecture, when is an IPAT analysis most likely to fail?
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a. When thinking about the present
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b. When thinking about the future
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c. When thinking about the past - (correct answer) -When thinking about the future
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Cells in a petri dish grow fastest when (s-shaped growth pattern):
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a. Far from carrying capacity
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b. Close to carrying capacity
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c. Just above carrying capacity - (correct answer) -Far from carrying capacity
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According to the lecture, what happens to a system where population exceeds the
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carrying capacity?
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a. The population stops growing
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b. The population slowly falls
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c. The population drops below carrying capacity
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d. The population slowly returns to carrying capacity - (correct answer) -The population
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drops below carrying capacity
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What occurs at a Malthusian "point of crisis"?
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a. starvation: there is not enough food for the entire population
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b. explosion in population: growth rates become exponential
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c. loss of total wealth: the population does not produce as much as beforeloss of total
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wealth: the population does not produce as much as before
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d. drop in efficiency: each individual in the population becomes less efficient
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e. extinction: the population dies out - (correct answer) -starvation: there is not enough
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food for the entire population
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Which of the following most accurately describes a Neo-Malthusian attitude?
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a. Arguing that Malthusian ideas have been discredited
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b. Observing that the modern world population is at the highest level ever
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c. Thinking that population growth was unsustainable in the past
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d. Believing that population growth is unsustainable today
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e. Wishing that agricultural production was more efficient - (correct answer) -Believing
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that population growth is unsustainable today
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If the population of a country is increasing, we would expect to see a population pyramid
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with a
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a. wedge, or cup shape
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b. symmetrical shape
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c. asymmetrical shape
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d. square shape
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e. triangular shape - (correct answer) -triangular shape
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, Where will most population growth occur in the 21st century, according to the UN?
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a. Africa yu




b. Asia yu




c. Europe yu




d. North America
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e. South America - (correct answer) -Africa
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If the population of a country is stable, we would expect to see a population pyramid with
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a
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a. wedge, or cup shape
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b. undulating shape
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c. wide footed
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d. square shape
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e. triangular shape - (correct answer) -square shape
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What is the approximate world population today?
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a. 7.5 billion
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b. 9.5 billion
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c. 11.5 billion
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d. 13.5 billion
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e. 15.5 Billion - (correct answer) -7.5 billion
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Why won't population growth alone necessarily lead to large global environmental
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impacts?
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a. Population won't increase during the 21st century.
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b. Population is unrelated to environmental impact.
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c. Most population growth is occurring in regions with low per-capita consumption. -
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(correct answer) -Most population growth is occurring in regions with low per-capita
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consumption.
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The United States has what kind of demographic structure?
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a. very youthful
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b. Youthful
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c. transitional
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d. mature yu




e. very mature - (correct answer) -transitional
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The human population has skyrocketed in the last 200 years primarily because of Stage 2
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of the Demographic Transition
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Select one: yu




True
False - (correct answer) -True yu yu yu yu

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