1.4 Sustainability (IB ESS)

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1.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Sustainability is the use and management of resources that allows for ___.
a full replacement of the resources exploited
a full recovery of the ecosystems affected by resource extraction and use
no changes in equilibrium
no disturbances to the system
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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4
NGSS.HS-ETS1-3
NGSS.HS-LS2-7
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
True or False: Measuring sustainability can be difficult because many groups don’t agree on a definition of sustainability.
true
false
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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4
NGSS.HS-ESS3-6
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sustainability can be thought of as ___.
hugging all the trees you can
dedicating half of Earth to preservation
living within Earth and nature's means
embracing Thanos's version of environmentalism
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS3-4
NGSS.HS-LS2-7
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Indicators of sustainability are all of the following EXCEPT ___.
air quality
life expectancy
environmental vulnerability
gross domestic product
All of these are indicators of sustainability
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NGSS.HS-ESS3-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When many individuals act in their own self-interest to harvest a resource but destroy the long-term future of that resource so there is none for anyone, this is considered ____. (choose the most specific answer)
unsustainable
a Tragedy of the Commons
chronic pollution
point source pollution
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following will result in the MOST damage (in terms of sustainability) to a public forest ecosystem that is open to logging?
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voluntary, self-regulation about the number of trees that are logged
fees charged based on the number of trees cut down for logging
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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1
NGSS.HS-LS2-7
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
State the term that matches this definition:
goods and services that the environment provides humans with in order to provide natural income
natural income
natural capital
sustainable capital
sustainable income
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NGSS.HS-LS2-7
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