7.7 Sustainable Developmemt

Question 1

Sustainable development

Answer 1

Development that meets present consumption needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their consumption needs

Question 2

Resource depletion

Answer 2

The co sumptuous of natural resources faster than they can be replenished

Question 3

Environmental pollution

Answer 3

The contamination of the physical and biological components of the environment to the point that normal functions are negatively affected

Question 4

Point source pollution

Answer 4

Any single identifiable source from which contaminants are discharged such as a pipe or smokestack

Question 5

No point source pollution

Answer 5

Contamination originating from multiple, diffuse sources

Question 6

Climate change

Answer 6

A long term shift in global or regional weather patterns

Question 7

Cogeneration

Answer 7

Producing two forms of energy from one fuel

Question 8

Carbon neutrality

Answer 8

Achieving zero CO2 releases through a combination of emissions reduction and carbon removal

Question 9

Carbon offsets

Answer 9

Processes that remove or sequester (store) from the atmosphere to make up for CO2 emission elsehweee

Question 10

Ecotourism’s

Answer 10

Travel to natural areas of ecological value in support of conservation efforts and socially just economic development