SCIENCE AND THE ENVIRONMENT

It is a comprehensive assessment of human well-being in most countries of the world. Well-being is measured in health, education, and basic living standards.

• Human Growth Index

• Human Development Index

• Human Dependence Index

• Human Enhancement Index

The global economy runs on fossil fuel. Every day in 2013 we burned some 91.3 million barrels of oil, 324 billion cubic feet of natural gas, and 11.6 million tons of coal. All of this combustion generates carbon dioxide (CO2), which is released into the atmosphere at a rate of 80 million tons a day.

To what concern does the statement referring to?

• Population Growth

• Economic Goods and Services

• Global Climate Change

• Environmental Movement

Around the world, human societies are depleting groundwater supplies, degrading agricultural soils, overfishing the oceans, and cutting forests faster than they can regrow.

To what concern does the statement referring to?

• Population Growth

• Economic Goods and Services

• Global Climate Change

• Loss of Biodiversity

The rapidly growing human population, with its increasing appetite for food, water, timber, fiber, and fuel, is accelerating the conversion of forests, grasslands, and wetlands to agriculture and urban development. The inevitable result is the loss of many of the wild plants and animals that occupy those natural habitats.

To what concern does the statement referring to?

• Population Growth

• Economic Goods and Services

• Global Climate Change

• Loss of Biodiversity

The 2.2 billion persons added to the numbers of humans by 2050 will all have to be fed, clothed, housed, and, hopefully, supported by gainful employment. Virtually all of the increase will be in developing countries.

To what concern does the statement referring to?

• Population Growth

• Economic Goods and Services

• Global Climate Change

• Loss of Biodiversity

Scientists help figure out ways to lower the negative impacts of our actions, to find alternative ways to meet the same needs, and to better anticipate the likely effects of what we are doing.

To what concern does the statement referring to?

• Population Growth

• Economic Goods and Services

• Environmental Movement

• Loss of Biodiversity

The following are considered the three unifying principles EXCEPT_.

• Sustainability

• Biodiversity

• Stewardship

• Sound Science

Sustainability concept includes the following EXCEPT_.

• Yields

• Development

• Societies

• Science

The basis for our understanding of how the world works and how human systems interact with it.

• Sound Science

• Sustainability

• Stewardship

• Scientific Community

The practical goal toward which our interactions with the natural world should be working.

• Sound Science

• Sustainability

• Stewardship

• Scientific Community