Assessment 2

An ecological footprint is:

• The impact of a person walking on the ground.

• The impact of a person or community on the environment.

• The impact the environment has on a person.

Biological Capacity is:

• The capacity of ecosystems to regenerate resources that people demand from those surfaces.

• The number of resources that are overused by people.

An ecological deficit occurs when the Footprint of a population exceeds the biocapacity of the area available to that population.

• True

• False

Earth currently provides ______ hectares (4.5 acres) of productive land on the planet per person.

• 56.4

• 1.8

• 32

_____________________ marks the date in the year in which humans use up the resources that Earth can make in a year.

• Mars Overshoot Day

• Earth Overshoot Day

• Earth Undershoot Day

Individuals with access to a shared resource (a common) act in their own interest and ultimately deplete the resource.

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Tragedy of the Resources

• Tragedy of School

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

• Technology

• Construction

• Natural resource

Decisions that often have unexpected effects.

• The Law of Unintended Consequences

• The law of Supply and Demand

• The Law of Thermodynamics

Resource Depletion is:

• Consuming natural materials FASTER than they can replenish.

• Consuming natural materials SLOWER than they can replenish.

Pollution in the atmosphere and oceans as well as climate change are global examples of the tragedy of the commons.

• True

• False