Intro to Environmental, Key Terms

Which definition best represents "Environmental Sustainability"?

• Finding and using ways to maintain our natural resources on Earth

• Learning about ecology

• Recycling every piece of paper you've ever used

• Trashing the planet

The environment contains

• living things only

• nonliving things only

• both living and nonliving things

• only artificial things

Which of the following is NOT an example of a renewable resource?

• water

• coal

• wind

• solar

Which ethical approach to the environment centers around human needs?

• ecocentrism

• egocentrism

• egalitarianism

• anthropocentrism

In which type of country do people have lower income, higher population rates, and shorter life spans?

• developed country

• developing country

• advanced country

• democratic country

In which type of country do people have the largest ecological footprints?

• small

• developing

• communist

• developed

A "commons" is considered

• the cafeteria here at school

• land which people can buy for the right price

• an area or resource that belongs to no individual; it is shared by the entire society

In the United States, what category represents our largest contribution to our ecological footprint?

• cropland

• Carbon dioxide from fossil fuels

• built-up land

• forest

Thinking of the video, "Story of Stuff", which term represents the consumerism strategy of "designed for the dump"?

• planned obsolescence

• recyclable production

• sustainable resources