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,Which systems are included in the usual three-part model of a sustainable earth? (Select all that
apply)
Select one or more:
a. Its Ecosystems
b. Its Environment
c. Its Economies
d. Its Societies - ANS Its Environment
Its Economies
Its Societies
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Sustainable systems (check all that apply)
Select one or more:
a. Can be natural
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b. Can be human
c. Don't change over time
d. Allow future systems to flourish - ANS Can be natural
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Can be human
Allow future systems to flourish
What is meant by "sustainable development"?
Select one:
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a. Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future
generations to meet their own needs
b. Development that forces people to revert to the lesser technology of the past and give up
their desired quality of life in the present
c. Development that only uses renewable resources
d. Development that continues to reinvent itself - ANS Development that meets the needs of
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the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
In the IPAT equation the environmental impact (I) of human activity is modeled to increase when
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the following increases: - ANS Technology
Affluence
Population
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According to this lecture, when is an IPAT analysis most likely to fail?
Select one:
a. When thinking about the present
b. When thinking about the future
c. When thinking about the past - ANS When thinking about the future
Cells in a petri dish grow fastest when (s-shaped growth pattern):
a. Far from carrying capacity
b. Close to carrying capacity
c. Just above carrying capacity - ANS Far from carrying capacity
, According to the lecture, what happens to a system where population exceeds the carrying
capacity?
Select one:
a. The population stops growing
b. The population slowly falls
c. The population drops below carrying capacity
d. The population slowly returns to carrying capacity - ANS The population drops below
carrying capacity
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What occurs at a Malthusian "point of crisis"?
Select one:
a. starvation: there is not enough food for the entire population
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b. explosion in population: growth rates become exponential
c. loss of total wealth: the population does not produce as much as beforeloss of total 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
e. extinction: the population dies out - ANS starvation: there is not enough food for the entire
population
Which of the following most accurately describes a Neo-Malthusian attitude?
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Select one:
a. Arguing that Malthusian ideas have been discredited
b. Observing that the modern world population is at the highest level ever
c. Thinking that population growth was unsustainable in the past
d. Believing that population growth is unsustainable today
e. Wishing that agricultural production was more efficient - ANS Believing that population
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growth is unsustainable today
If the population of a country is increasing, we would expect to see a population pyramid with a
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Select one:
a. wedge, or cup shape
b. symmetrical shape
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c. asymmetrical shape
d. square shape
e. triangular shape - ANS triangular shape
Where will most population growth occur in the 21st century, according to the UN?
Select one:
a. Africa
b. Asia
c. Europe
d. North America
e. South America - ANS Africa
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