DNMQ #34: Tragedy of the Commons and Sustainability (Fall 2023)

Environmental Science does NOT

include which of the following:

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Physics

• Accounting

The variety of genetic variation, variety of

species in a community, or a variety of

communities in an ecosystem.

• Biodiveristy

• Sustainability

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Agricultural Revolution

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What is the key goal of

environmental science?

• Sustainability

• Biodiversity

• Population

• Tragedy of the Commons

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What is the main goal of

sustainability?

• Use resources faster than they are created

• Conserve resources in a way that human populations can survive indefinitely

• Prevent humans from using resources

• Share common places

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Is a calculated impact of a person on the

environment, expressed as the amount of land

required to sustain their use of natural resources.

• Sustainability

• Ecology

• Ecological Footprint

• Tragedy of the Commons

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Which of the following is NOT a way to reduce your ecological footprint?

• Turn off water while you brush your teeth

• Walk to school

• Buy clothing at thrift stores

• Leave your computer on while you are not using it

The Tragedy of the Commons theory says

• that resources free to everyone will run out if not regulated

• people share and are nice by nature

• there is always plenty of everything

• humans never take more than their share

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Which of the following is renewable?

• coal

• natural gas

• sunlight

• plastic

The historic event that caused the most rapid increase in human population is known as

• the Agricultural Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

• the American Revolution

• the bubonic plague

If left unmanaged or unregulated, the result of the Tragedy of the Commons is often

• depletion of the resource and everyone suffers

• increase of the resource and everyone suffers

• depletion of the resource and everyone benefits

• sustainable use

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