Quiz about TE 2.0 Sustainable Development and Environmental Justice

Question 1

In 1987 the U.N. World Commission on Environment and Development presented a report on sustainable development called?

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c) Our Common Future

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a) Tragedy of the Commons

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b) Lifeboat Principle

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d) Silent Springs

Question 2

Which of the following interact to promote sustainable development? 1 Economically viable decisions 2 Socially equitable decisions 3 Environmentally sound decisions 4 High rate of resources use 5 Rapid population growth

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b) 2 and 4

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c) 1,2, and 3

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d) 3,4, and 5

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a) 1 and 3

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e) 1,4, and 5

Question 3

Which of the following statements about sustainable development is TRUE?

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c) Sustainable development can only support levels of consumption within the limits of the environment.

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a) Sustainable development can support a high quality of life with continued population growth.

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b) Sustainable development is only possible for people living in wealthy countries.

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d) Sustainable development will be able to support everyone in the world at the United States level of consumption.

Question 4

Environmental sustainability implies:

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d) all of these choices

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a) the actions of humans directly impact the wellbeing of the natural environment

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b) future generations will have the resources necessary for quality of life

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c) the environment can function indefinitely without going into a decline from the stresses imposed by human society on natural systems

Question 5

Sustainable human activities or behaviors include all of the following EXCEPT:

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d) promoting consumption to improve quality of life.

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a) identifying strategies for recycling natural resources.

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b) working to limit human population growth.

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c) developing technologies to improve car mileage.

Question 6

If economic decisions are to be sustainable they will have to consider which of the following?

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d) environmental and societal costs must both be considered

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a) environmental costs

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b) societal costs

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c) political costs

Question 7

Which of the following is the BEST example of sustainable consumption?

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c) Preparing a meal at home with food bought at the local farmers market.

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a) Constructing a house on farmland on the edge of town and carpooling to work.

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b) Flying to the Bahamas for a weekend getaway.

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d) Purchasing five pairs of shoes at a local minority owned business.

Question 8

The use of goods and services that satisfy basic human needs, improve the quality of life but minimize resource use is referred to as:

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a) sustainable consumption

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b) organic agriculture

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c) master planned communities

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d) environmental justice

Question 9

Widespread adoption of sustainable consumption at the global level will not be easy because:

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b) sustainable consumption requires that the consumption patterns of people in highly developed countries must change to allow for the eradication of poverty and such changes in the lifestyles of people in highly developed countries is a challenge.

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a) sustainable consumption requires the eradication of poverty which requires that poor people increase their consumption of certain essential resources to improve the quality of their lives and these resources are no longer available.

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c) sustainable consumption requires that everyone embrace voluntary simplicity on a compulsory basis and while this is supported by politicians, economists are not in support.

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d) sustainable consumption requires the excessive reliance on global resources that will result in a tragedy of the commons

Question 10

Global sustainable development depends on eradication of poverty in the developing world. What is the consequence of this?

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d) Poor people in developing countries need to increase their consumption of certain essential resources.

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a) Developing countries will consume at the same levels as developed countries today.

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b) Poor people will need to move to cities increasing urban air pollution.

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c) Developing countries will be forced into deforestation in order to meet their economic needs.

Question 11

Which of the following is the BEST example of voluntary simplicity?

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a) owning a car and occasionally carpooling

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b) owning a car and motorscooter

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c) owning one traditional car, and one hybrid car

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d) sharing ownership of a hybrid car with someone else

Question 12

Which of the following is the MOST sustainable product?

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d) A locally produced orange grown using limited amounts of pesticides.

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a) An organic pear from China.

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b) Blueberries grown organically on commercial farms.

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c) Corn grown in an industrialized farm as cattle feed.

Question 13

What does the photograph BEST represent?

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a) A deep ecology worldview.

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b) Sustainable consumption.

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c) Child labor.

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d) Poverty.

Question 14

Why are both science and ethics necessary to solve environmental problems?

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a) Science helps us understand the outcomes of particular actions and ethics are necessary to help us decide what we ought to do among a range of choices.

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b) Ethics are necessary to keep environmental scientists from exaggerating scientific truths.

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c) Ethics are necessary to provide economic solutions to problems identified by scientists.

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d) Because of societal pressures humans cannot generally be trusted to do what is right.

Question 15

Which field of study considers the moral basis of environmental responsibility?

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c) Environmental ethics

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a) Deep ecology

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b) Environmental science

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d) Voluntary simplicity

Question 16

A personal perspective based on a collection of basic values and beliefs about how the environment works, that helps us make sense of our place and purpose in it, and determine right and wrong behaviors describes:

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b) Deep ecology worldview

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a) Voluntary simplicity

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c) Western worldview

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d) Environmental worldview

Question 17

What is deep ecology worldview?

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b) A worldview based on the idea that all species have equal worth.

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a) A radical anthropocentric worldview.

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c) An idea that resource consumption is unethical.

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d) An expansionist worldview.

Question 18

The idea that species have intrinsic value would be supported by:

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a) People with a deep ecology worldview.

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b) People with a frontier attitude.

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c) People with an expansionist worldview.

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d) People with a Western attitude.

Question 19

An expansionist worldview would support all of the following EXCEPT:

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d) No exceptions, all of the above would be supported by an expansionist worldview.

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a) An anthropocentric utilitarian view of resources.

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b) A desire to conquer and exploit nature.

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c) The inherent right of individuals to accumulate wealth and consume unlimited resources to provide material comfort.

Question 20

Which of the following statements reflects the Western worldview?

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c) Humans have the right to modify the environment to benefit their wellbeing and high standard of living

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a) All organisms are interdependent

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b) Nature should be preserved, not used

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d) Humans and all other species have equal worth

Question 21

The deep ecology world view most closely resembles the:

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d) biocentric preservationist attitude

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a) Western worldview

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b) utilitarian conservationist attitude

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c) frontier attitude

Question 22

According to the Western worldview humanity is ethically obligated to which of the following?

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b) humans

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a) other organisms

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c) biodiversity

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d) natural resources

Question 23

A deep ecology worldview would support all of the following EXCEPT:

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c) The inherent responsibility of individuals to implement changes in society so that humans can flourish.

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a) Nonhuman life forms have value that is independent of the usefulness they may have for narrow human purposes.

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b) The richness and diversity of life contribute to the flourishing of life on Earth and humans have no right to reduce this richness and diversity except to satisfy vital needs.

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d) A spiritual respect for life reflected in appreciating quality of life rather than adhering to a high standard of living.

Question 24

What is a serious shortcoming of the Western worldview to attaining environmental sustainability?

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a) It promotes an unlimited consumption of goods and services.

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b) A belief in the rights of individuals

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c) The use of natural resources

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d) A disregard of humans

Question 25

Why is the deep ecology worldview impractical?

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d) Human population size would have to decline drastically for it to work.

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a) It is immoral to ask people to lower their standards of living.

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b) Everyone would need to become a vegetarian.

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c) It is clearly not sustainable since it gives rights to animals.

Question 26

The issue that racial and ethnic minorities face unusually high exposure to environmental hazards is a central argument to:

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b) environmental justice

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a) racial prejudice

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c) voluntary simplicity

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d) phytoremediation.

Question 27

What is probably TRUE about the children living in neighborhoods like this one?

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d) All of these choices

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a) They are likely to suffer from asthma.

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b) They are probably poor.

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c) They probably live in a minority neighborhood.

Question 28

What rights does environmental justice seek to provide?

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a) Adequate protection from environmental hazards.

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b) Adequate wealth to live in clean neighborhoods.

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c) The right to follow western worldview ideas.

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d) Ability to live the deep ecology lifestyle.

Question 29

What is a potential shortcoming in achieving environmental justice?

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b) Residents of low-income and minority communities have less involvement in the political process and may not even be aware of their exposure to increased levels of pollutants.

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a) It is more expensive to clean-up hazardous waste in low-income communities because of the lack of technical skill in these communities.

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c) Minority communities tend to get more cooperation from government agencies that can help them.

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d) Too many programs exist to serve the environmental justice needs of low-income and minority communities and these are often in competition with each other making it hard to accomplish the goals.

Question 30

Which of the following actions DOES NOT reflect environmental justice?

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d) All these actions reflect environmental justice.

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a) Promoting special efforts to clean up hazardous sites on Native American reservations.

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b) Funding studies to study how environmental pollutants might interact with socioeconomic factors to cause health problems.

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c) Helping less-developed countries cope with climate change.

Question 31

Which of the following is key to the elimination of world poverty and stabilizing global population?

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d) Educating children and improving status of women

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a) Globalization

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b) Work programs for men

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c) Increased consumption

Question 32

What is carrying capacity?

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b) The maximum population that can be sustained by a given environment.

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a) The maximum population in sustained development projects.

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c) The average number of organisms living in a given environment.

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d) The minimum population surviving in the world as a whole.

Question 33

Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem service?

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b) Protection of watersheds and flood control.

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a) Car sharing programs.

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c) Multi-cropping practices in agriculture.

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d) Stabilizing human population growth.

Question 34

What is the main cause of the United States' consumption overpopulation problem?

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d) The relatively affluent lifestyles of the United States population

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a) High birth rates in the United States

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b) The highly urbanized nature of the United States

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c) The cold climate in the United States

Question 35

Which of the following is NOT a likely characteristic of children living in neighborhoods like the one shown in the image?

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d) They have access to high-quality education

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a) They are likely to suffer from asthma

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b) They are probably poor

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c) They probably live in a minority neighborhood

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