IB ESS Topic 1.4 Sustainability

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

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

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

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

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following will result in the MOST damage (in terms of sustainability) to a public forest ecosystem that is open to logging?

• Full, unlimited access

• 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

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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

State the term that matches this definition:

the yield from natural capital

• natural income

• natural capital

• sustainable capital

• sustainable income

A mountain contains granite that is removed for decorative stone (like counter tops, decorative tiles, etc.) from a quarry (an open pit from which rocks are taken). In this scenario, the mountain is the ____ and the decorative stone is ___.

• natural income, natural capital

• natural capital, natural income

• sustainable capital, sustainable income

• sustainable income, sustainable capital

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

This is a report about the impact of a development project on an ecosystem.

• environmental impact assessment (EIA)

• ecological footprint (EF)

• environmental impact footprint (EIF)

• ecological footprint assessment (EFA)

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7