Semester 1 Exam

What are some key factors of sustainability?

• Environmental, social, and economic factors
• Historical, geographical, and educational factors
• Individual, family, and community factors
• Political, cultural, and technological factors

What is NPP and what does it do?

• NPP stands for National Parks Program and it monitors wildlife populations
• NPP is the abbreviation for New Product Prototype and it measures consumer interest in new products
• NPP refers to Non-Profit Partnership and it evaluates charitable organizations
• Net Primary Productivity measures the rate at which energy is stored as organic matter in an ecosystem.

What is an environmentally sustainable society?

• A society that depletes natural resources without concern for future generations
• A society that focuses on short-term gains at the expense of long-term sustainability
• A society that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
• A society that prioritizes economic growth over environmental protection

What are inexhaustible resources?

• Resource available in continuous supply for the conceivable future.

• Resources that are not essential for human survival
• Resources that are only found in limited quantities
• Resources that are easily depleted

What is environmental science?

• The study of the environment and how it is affected by human activity
• The study of ancient civilizations and their impact on modern society
• The study of astrology and its impact on human behavior
• The study of culinary arts and its impact on human health

1. Which sciences support the three scientific factors of sustainability?

• Physics, biology, and chemistry

• Biology, chemistry, and physics
• Geology, astronomy, and meteorology
• Psychology, anthropology, and archaeology

What is full-cost pricing?

• Inclusion of the cost of environmental and health costs in market prices for the production of goods and services

• A pricing strategy that focuses only on the cost of marketing
• A pricing strategy that only considers the cost of materials
• A pricing strategy that ignores all production costs

What are some human activities that degrade natural capital?

• Conservation efforts
• Planting trees
• Reducing carbon emissions
• Deforestation, overfishing, pollution, and urbanization

Please describe your ecological footprint.

• My ecological footprint is the number of trees in my backyard
• My ecological footprint is the size of my shoes
• My ecological footprint is the measure of my impact on the environment in terms of resources consumed and waste produced.
• My ecological footprint is the amount of water I drink daily

Industrialized countries with high average incomes account for what % of the world’s population?

• 17%

• 30%
• 75%
• 50%