Sustainability

What are the three pillars of sustainability?

• environmental, social, and economic

• economic, geographical, and social

• social, political, and historical

• historical, economical, and environmental

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What is the key goal of environmental science?

• biodiversity

• sustainability

• reduce, reuse, and recycle

• resource depletion

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What is environmental science?

• the study of cells

• the study of living organisms

• the study of plants

• The study of how humans interact with the environment

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What is ecology?

• the study of micororganisms

• The study of how humans interact with the environment

• the study of interactions of living things with nonliving things within the environment

• the study of the human body

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Which is a major environmental issue?

• pollution

• resource depletion

• loss of biodiversity

• all of them

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What is biodiversity?

• the number, variety, and genetic variation of living organisms

• the amount of pollutants released in the air

• abiotic factors in the environment

• impact of humans on environment

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If the supply is low and the demand is high, then what happens to the cost of a good?

• decreases

• increases

• stays the same

What is tragedy of the commons?

• conflict between long-term interests of individual and long-term interest of society

• conflict between long-term interests of individual and short-term interest of society

• conflict between short-term interests of individual and long-term interest of society

• conflict between short-term interests of individual and short-term interest of society

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Why is Earth a closed system?

• It is not a closed system.

• It has non-renewable resources, but more can be added to Earth.

• energy from the moon enters and all energy leaves Earth

• energy from the sun enters and only heat leaves

What is an example of non-renewable resources?

• air

• fossil fuels

• wind

• solar