EnvSci Ch1:4 What is an Environmentally Sustainable Society?

Given enough time, most degraded environments can recover, but many will take hundreds and even thousands of years to recover.

• true

• false

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In the ______________, there was a backlash against environmental laws and regulations, led by some who argued that environmental laws were hindering economic growth.

• 1970s

• 1980s

• early 20th century

• 1600s

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Living sustainably means living on ____—the renewable resources such as plants, animals, soil, clean air, and clean water provided by Earth’s natural capital.

• exponential growth

• natural income

• ecosystem services

• factors of sustainability

• biodiversity

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Which term encompasses (includes) all of the others?

• natural capital

• natural resources

• ecosystem services

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

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Research by social scientists suggests that it takes ____ of the population of a community, a country, or the world to bring about major social and environmental change.

• 1%

• 5–10%

• about one-third

• about half

• 85%

The ____________________ school, led by naturalist John Muir, wanted wilderness areas on some public lands to be left untouched.

• conservationist

• preservationist

• reservist

• integrated

• Roosevelt

____________________ services are processes provided by healthy ecosystems that support life and human economies at no monetary cost to us.

• Biological

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Clean-up

• Social

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____________________ is the portion of renewable resources that can be used sustainably.

• Natural Income

• Natural Capital

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Ecological Footprint

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Which of these Environmental Founders is credited with bringing the Preservationists and Conservationists together with a "duel approach"?

• Rachel Carson

• Aldo Leopold

• John Muir

• Theodore Roosevelt

• George Perkins Marsh

In what year was the first Earth Day held?

• 1990

• 1970

• 1950

• 1935

• 1909