DNMQ #38: Intro to Env Science (F23)

Which of the following is most likely a characteristic of a developing or underdeveloped country?

• Low unemployment rate

• High GDP per capita

• High birth rate

• High literacy rate

Countries with high levels of literacy and higher education would be considered as which type of country?

• More Developed

• Developing

• Underdeveloped

• not enough information

Countries with strong infrastructure [transportation/ communication/ healthcare/ education systems] would be considered as which type of country?

• Developed

• Newly Industrialized

• Underdeveloped

• Developing

Three indicators of the development of a country are......

• GDP per capita, literacy rate and life expectancy.

• Richness, industrial production and business

• Multinationals and industry

• Technology, trade and research

Countries that DO NOT have widely available health care would be considered as which type of country?

• Developed Country
• Developing Country
• Underdeveloped Country

• Newly Industrialized Country

Balances the cost of the action against the benefits one expects from it.

• Cost-Benefit Analysis

• Law of Supply and Demand

• Risk Assessment

• Tragedy of the Commons

Society shifted to fossil fuels during this time period.

• hunter-gatherer period

• agricultural revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Mesopotamian period

Why is the world’s loss of biodiversity a source of concern?

• Humans depend on other organisms for food and oxygen.

• Species extinctions have been rare throughout history

• Loss of biodiversity is not a concern because extinctions are common.

• both (a) and (b)

1. A resource that is available in continuous supply for the conceivable future is......

• 1. Nutrient cycling

• 1. Inexhaustible resources

• 1. Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

People with an ecocentric worldview tend to value the environment...

• based on its usefulness to humans.

• only when a natural disaster occurs.

• very highly.

• regardless of its usefulness to humans.