REM 100 PRE-MIDTERM EXAM 2024/2025 WITH 100% CORRECT ANSWERS
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What is the definition of global change?
Human induced transformation of the global environment.
Define environment
The complete range of external conditions, physical and biotic, in which an organism lives, including soil, water, climate and food supply. It includes social, cultural, and ...
What is the definition of global change? correct answersHuman induced transformation of the global
environment.
Define environment correct answersThe complete range of external conditions, physical and biotic, in
which an organism lives, including soil, water, climate and food supply. It includes social, cultural, and
(for humans) economic and political considerations.
Define institutions correct answersElemental structures required for the functioning of a society.
Institutions embody the particular sets of values, norms and roles that a society believes to be essential
for its continued existence.
Give an example of some global issues correct answersGlobal climate change
Energy crisis
Population explosion
Pollution
Loss of biodiversity
Global inequality
World hunger
Depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer
,Provide examples of institutions correct answersGovernance, the law, and politics
The rules of economy and work
How education is structured
The role of the arts in society
What are the common characteristics of global issues? correct answersglobal or large-scale regional
effects.
persistent(multi-generations).
can result in dramatic events or series of events that capture world-wide attention.
many moving parts that are inter-connected and have complex interactions.
inter-related to other global issues.
no simple solutions.
meaningful solutions based on interdisciplinary knowledge.
expose the inter-dependence between countries and regions.
require solutions that include trade-offs
challenge the status quo in world order and global institutions.
, How should global issues be addressed? correct answersan inter-disciplinary approach that considers
both the natural system and people
What does David Suzuki argue in his talk "We Are Air"? correct answersThat we are not living within an
environment, but rather we are one with such environment. We breathe are that becomes us, which
thus becomes other things as it is used again. His argument represent the inter-disciplinary relationships
within the world.
What is a system? correct answersa collection of interdependent parts enclosed within a defined
boundary
What is the atmosphere? correct answersThin layer of air that covers the earth, tiny proportion of there
overall mass of the earth that help the earth as we know it exist.
What is the atmosphere made of? correct answersNitrogen and Oxygen, but also trace gases, carbon
dioxide etc.
The trace gases connect the atmosphere and biosphere.
Where does weather occur in the atmosphere? correct answersTroposphere, the first 11 KM of the
atmosphere. 98% of water vapour.
What is the stratosphere? correct answersozone layer which protects earth from the sun.
What global issue is within the atmosphere? correct answersAir pollution
What percentage of water on earth is contained in the Ocean? correct answers97%
What is the lithosphere? correct answersthe rigid outer part of the earth, consisting of the crust and
upper mantle.
What is the pedosphere? correct answerssoil, the outer layer of the earth.
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