ESS SEM1 FINAL SY24

Which of these could be considered inputs into an EVS?

• Education

• Culture

• Evaluations and decisions

• Media

• Consistent Actions

A ________________ feedback loop makes a system more stable.

• Positive

• Neutral

• Negative

• Circular

A _________________ feedback loop moves a system towards a tipping point.

• Positive

• Neutral

• Circular

• Negative

Which countries will tend to have a lower ecological footprint?

• MEDCs

• LEDCs

What is natural capital?

• A store of natural resources that can produce a sustainable source of goods and services.

• The money that is received from selling goods and services

• Total area of land required to maintain food production for the growing human population.

• Total area of land required to assimilate waste produced by the growing human population.

This is the tendency of a system to maintain stability and resist tipping points.

• resilience

• entropy

• feedbacks

• static equilibrium

The minimum amount of change within a system that will destabilize it and cause it to reach a new equilibrium or stable state.

• tipping point

• resilience

• sustainability

• feedback

This is a type of nonbiodegradable pollution that remains in the environment for long periods of time like DDT or other organochlorine pesticides.

• point-source

• non-point-source

• biodegradable

• persistent

This type of pollution breaks down naturally in the environment and includes types of waste paper as it naturally decays.

• point-source

• non-point-source

• biodegradable

• thermal

An increase in Carbon Dioxide levels in the atmosphere could lead to which of the following?

• Increase in temperature on Earth

• Decrease in Albedo on Earth

• Change in overall climate on Earth

• All of the above