Exam 1

Question 1

What is sustainability?

Answer 1

To create/maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations.

Question 2

What is Inequality?

Answer 2

Unequal access to opportunities

Question 3

What is equality?

Answer 3

Evenly distributed tools and assistance

Question 4

What is equity?

Answer 4

Custom tools that identify and address inequality

Question 5

What is justice?

Answer 5

Removing the issue/obstacle altogether

Question 6

What is resilience?

Answer 6

to “jump back” or “to recoil”

Question 7

What is the limitation of resilience?

Answer 7

Going back to the previous state without learning from the perturbations will not be useful

Question 8

What is a tipping point?

Answer 8

a critical threshold where a small change can lead to significant consequences

Question 9

What is vulnerability?

Answer 9

prone to disturbance - the degree to which a system is sensitive to encounter the adverse effects of a hazard

Question 10

What is sensitivity?

Answer 10

the degree to which a system is negatively or beneficially effected by climate-related stimuli

Question 11

What is adaptive capacity?

Answer 11

the ability of a system and its components to change

Question 12

What is carrying capacity?

Answer 12

the margin of the habitat’s ability to provide the resources necessary to sustain human or another species life

Question 13

What is a prophet’s take on sustainability?

Answer 13

They are biology-based

Question 14

What is a wizard’s take on sustainability?

Answer 14

They are technology-based

Question 15

What is a complex system?

Answer 15

represents the interactions among its components

Question 16

What are the components of a system?

Answer 16

Social aspect, economic aspect, and environmental aspect

Question 17

What is complexity when it comes to systems?

Answer 17

systems that have outcomes which cannot be predicted

Question 18

What is a complex adaptive system?

Answer 18

A system where its elements are interconnected and you can’t change one component without affecting other parts of it

Question 19

What is a positive feedback of global warming?

Answer 19

creates change, speeds up warming

Question 20

What is a negative feedback of global warming?

Answer 20

creates change, slows down warming

Question 21

When were the significance of human-nature relationships recognized?

Answer 21

In 6th century BC by Greek Philosophers

Question 22

What is Three Sisters Agriculture?

Answer 22

A system involving cultivating corn, beans, and squash together in the same fields

Question 23

Who in the 18th century recognized the overconsumption of wood would eventually happen?

Answer 23

George Agricola

Question 24

When/who was the first to come up with the word ‘sustainability’?

Answer 24

In 1713, Hans Carl von Carlowitz

Question 25

Who questioned the belief that nature and its resources were finite?

Answer 25

Henry David Thoreau

Question 26

Who argued the population would continue to increase until it reached its carrying capacity?

Answer 26

Thomas Malthus

Question 27

Who is known as the father of national parks, started the Sierra Club, and created a movement to form Yosemite National Park?

Answer 27

John Muir ;)

Question 28

Who wrote to book "Silent Spring"?

Answer 28

Rachel Carson

Question 29

Who wrote the "Population Bomb" discussing data about population and the effects if patterns continued?

Answer 29

Paul Ehrlich

Question 30

Who wrote "Small is Beautiful" discussing how economic growth isn't sustainable?

Answer 30

E.F. Schumacher

Question 31

Who wrote "The Limits to Growth" discussing the dangers of unchecked population growth, industrialization, pollution, and resource consumption?

Answer 31

Researchers at MIT

Question 32

When was the first Earth Day?

Answer 32

April 22nd, 1970

Question 33

When was the first UN Conference over the environment?

Answer 33

1972 in Stockholm

Question 34

When was WCED established and by who?

Answer 34

1983, UN

Question 35

What was "Our Common Future" about?

Answer 35

It called for an integrated approach for the well-being of people and the planet

Question 36

What is the Agenda 21?

Answer 36

Goals set by countries to reach by 2015 to make the world more sustainable

Question 37

What are needs?

Answer 37

Things that are essential for our survival

Question 38

What are wants?

Answer 38

things that enhance our quality of life

Question 39

What are desires?

Answer 39

Things we crave but may not be able to obtain

Question 40

What is Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

Answer 40

1. Bottom of pyramid: Physiological needs 2. Safety needs 3. Love/Belongingness needs 4. Esteem needs 5. Top of pyramid: Self-actualization