chapter 1 and 2

Question 1

implement a mandatory recycling program and installing solar panels to reduce reliance on nonrenewable resources

Answer 1

Examples of sustainable practices

Question 2

a natural resource that can be used repeatedly and sustainably

Answer 2

Renewable resource

Question 3

Non Renewable resources can be used on a sustainable yield basis to ensure they will always be available

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Tragedy of the commons refers to the overuse of…

Answer 4

open-access resources

Question 5

A well-tested and widely accepted description of what we find always happening in the same way in nature is known as a…

Answer 5

scientific law

Question 6

Description of population growth

Answer 6

world population has been growing exponentially

Question 7

Description of environmental degradation

Answer 7

when we deplete, destroy, or waste the earth’s natural capital

Question 8

Pollutants contribute to the balance within an ecosystem

Answer 8

False

Question 9

replacing old polluting systems with new technology that does not result in problematic waste

Answer 9

Pollution prevention strategy

Question 10

the difference between the rate of resource consumption and the rate at which the resource is replenished

Answer 10

A way to determine if a resource is being used in a sustainable way would be

Question 11

the circulation of chemicals necessary for life through the living and nonliving systems of the environment, one of the natural services of our ecosystem and it is illustrated by the process of decaying matter returning nutrients to the soil to be taken up again by plants

Answer 11

Nutrient recycling

Question 12

Electricity is…

Answer 12

kinetic energy

Question 13

A starch molecule is…

Answer 13

potential energy

Question 14

Kinetic energy of moving atoms, ions or molecules in an object is…

Answer 14

heat

Question 15

Waves of energy emitted from the sun are…

Answer 15

electromagnetic radiation

Question 16

Ability to do work and transfer heat is…

Answer 16

energy

Question 17

Measure how much useful work is accomplished by a particular input of energy into a system is known as…

Answer 17

energy quality

Question 18

Students test two ponds, the water went from pH 7 at site A to pH at site B. What can they conclude?

Answer 18

the water at site B is 10 times more acidic than the water at site A

Question 19

Example of an element is…

Answer 19

mercury

Question 20

Organic molecules

Answer 20

contain both carbon and hydrogen

Question 21

Not an ecosystem service

Answer 21

a movement of sediment by water and wind

Question 22

What are basic causes of environmental degradation

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poverty, population growth and increased consumption of goods

Question 23

Explanation of a phenomenon is…

Answer 23

a scientific theory

Question 24

According to WHO, poverty often results in premature death because of all except

Answer 24

available clean drinking water

Question 25

Affluence can result in a safer, often more environmentally managed society in all ways except

Answer 25

increased resource use

Question 26

Which country has the highest population density

Answer 26

country B

Question 27

Exponential growth

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curve up

Question 28

Type of feedback loop causes a system to change further in the same direction

Answer 28

positive

Question 29

Ion is defined as

Answer 29

an atom with a net electrical charge

Question 30

Not a physical state of matter

Answer 30

compound