Chapter 3.2

Question 1

What country is one of the world’s worst offenders on marine plastic pollution? ——–

Answer 1

Philippines

Question 2

Economic growth, combined with enhanced __________ and __________ is leading to higher waste generation in Philippines. ——–

Answer 2

production and consumption

Question 3

According to GAIA, Philippines uses almost ____ million sachets a year. ——–

Answer 3

60

Question 4

What company topped first in the world’s worst offenders for plastic pollution? ——–

Answer 4

Coca-cola

Question 5

What is the first plastic made from synthetic components? ——–

Answer 5

Bakelite

Question 6

What company topped third in the world’s worst offenders for plastic pollution? ——–

Answer 6

Nestle

Question 7

Bakelite was developed in 1907 in New York, who was the person? ——–

Answer 7

Leo Baekeland

Question 8

What company topped second in the world’s worst offenders for plastic pollution? ——–

Answer 8

Pepsico

Question 9

What is the chemical name of bakelite? ——–

Answer 9

polyoxybenxylmethyleneglycolanhydride

Question 10

In environmental law, [blank] [blank] principle is enacted to make the party responsible for producing pollution pay for the damage done to the natural environment. ——–

Answer 10

Polluter Pays

Question 11

Polluter Pays Principle is regarded as a regional custom because of the strong support it has received in OECD and European Union countries, and has a strong scientific basis in economics. What does OECD stand for? ——–

Answer 11

Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

Question 12

The polluter pays principle underpins environmental policy such as an [what], which if enacted by government, deters and essentially reduces greenhouse gas emissions. ——–

Answer 12

ecotax

Question 13

What is the term for human-influenced age. The age of human development? ——–

Answer 13

Anthropocene

Question 14

What do the greek words mean: Anthropos and kairos? ——–

Answer 14

human being & new

Question 15

Who was Crutzen and Stoemer? ——–

Answer 15

they are the first people who used the term ‘Anthropocene’ in 2000

Question 16

Evidence of extinction was not only documented in larger species but also in common and previously thought abundant species such as [blank] ——–

Answer 16

insects

Question 17

Since 1989, in what percent did the number of flying insects in Germany gone down? ——–

Answer 17

75%

Question 18

[blank] [blank] influences and drives extinction risk. ——–

Answer 18

Socio-economic needs

Question 19

Threat is highest in areas where biodiversity is highest. ——–

Answer 19

hotspots

Question 20

What is the most pervasive threat to tropical biodiversity? The conversion of [blank] [blank] to [blank] [blank]. ——–

Answer 20

natural ecosystems to agricultural crops

Question 21

What is the vegetable oil that yields the most oil per hectare that it requires the least forest space? ——–

Answer 21

palm oil

Question 22

What is the increase in oil palm production in the Philippines by year 2025-30? ——–

Answer 22

1838.18%

Question 23

What is the cause of oil palm plantation? ——–

Answer 23

Habitat loss = Loss of Wildlife

Question 24

200-550 elephant families. 80% declines in populations ——–

Answer 24

Asian elephant

Question 25

400-670 tigers (currently 250 remaining). 60% decline in populations --------

Answer 25

Sumatran tiger

Question 26

550-650 rhinos (currently 400 remaining) --------

Answer 26

Sumatran rhinoceros

Question 27

30-55 viable breeding subpopulations of 500 animals each --------

Answer 27

Bornean and Sumatran orangutans

Question 28

Large portions of the [blank] rainforest were cleared for cattle pastures and farm fields --------

Answer 28

Amazon

Question 29

Name the four terrestrial vertebrates on the brink. --------

Answer 29

Sumatran rhino, Clarion island wren, Espanola Giant Tortoise, Harlequin frog

Question 30

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, climate change affects ranges globally. Here, ants are invading and consuming wildlife in cloud forests that have never been exposed to these marauders before. --------

Answer 30

Interaction disruption

Question 31

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, climate change brings stronger, more frequent storms and hurricanes; more fire-igniting lightning; and damaging floods. --------

Answer 31

Storm intensity

Question 32

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, periods with diminished precipitation are becoming longer, more frequent, and warmer, with grave consequences for all life. --------

Answer 32

Droughts

Question 33

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, global warming elevates fire risk. Fires in Australia, Amazonia, and California burned an unprecedented >5 million hectares of forest in 2019. --------

Answer 33

Fire

Question 34

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, arctic sea ice is declining precipitously, arctic-alpine and other cold-adapted communities are contracting, while sea-level rise threatens coastal ecosystems. --------

Answer 34

Global warming

Question 35

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, fertilizer and products of fossil fuel combustion are nitrifying the planet, challenging the biotas adapted to low-nutrient conditions. --------

Answer 35

Nitrification

Question 36

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, global trade is accelerating the movement of pernicious plants, animals, and pathogens to new regions--often with devastating consequences. --------

Answer 36

Introduced species

Question 37

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, chemical, light, and sound pollution of water, air, and soil are impacting plant and animal life worldwide. --------

Answer 37

Pollution

Question 38

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, our global population of 7.8 billion, spread planet-wide, comes at great cost to biodiversity and wildlands. Already, over 500 vertebrates have been driven to extinction. --------

Answer 38

Urbanization

Question 39

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, the tropics lost 11.9 million hectares of forest in 2019, mostly to agriculture. --------

Answer 39

Deforestation

Question 40

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, industrialized agriculture, with its attendant increases in scale, monoculturalization, nutrient input, and pesticide use, is becoming increasingly nature unfriendly. --------

Answer 40

Agricultural intensification

Question 41

Among the 12 Global Threats to Insects, modern, industrialized agriculture, with its increasing reliance on chemical insecticides, has led to chronic contamination of wildlands and impacts on non-target insects. --------

Answer 41

Insecticides

Question 42

[blank] will greatly affect many areas of Southeast Asian countries in terms of economic, livelihood, and biodiversity perspectives. --------

Answer 42

Climate change

Question 43

Areas with very low adaptive capacity are at high risk, and [blank] attention plays a vital role. --------

Answer 43

governmental

Question 44

The restoration and protection of many degraded habitats will be [what] in mitigating the effect of current climate change. -------- essential The participation of every nation in the region is highly considered important to [two words] without borders to circumvent current and future scenarios. --------

Answer 44

establish agreement