ELP mid-term exam

Which two countries produce the most greenhouse gas emissions?

• USA; China
• India; China
• Russia; USA
• China; Russia

A "carbon market" is

• a concept in which more affluent countries implement carbon emission reductions and then transfer credit for the reductions to another country
• an international think tank "lab" that gathers top climatologists, engineers, and engineering students to produce solutions to CO2 emissions
• an accounting system that tracks carbon credits for emission reductions
• a synergistic organization of climatologists, engineers, and Wall Street bankers with the goal of getting business leaders to embrace carbon emission reductions

Gases act like a "blanket" for the planet and trap energy from the sun as heat. This is known as the

• Gas House Effect
• Blanket Effect
• Greenhouse Effect
• Solar Effect

Global warming is caused by natural factors

• True
• False

An ecological footprint is

• A measure of a person's contribution to creating a sustainable environment
• A measure of the earth's biological capacity
• The amount of biologically productive land and water a person uses
• The amount of wilderness available on the earth

Which of the following is not the cause of environmental problems?

• Public policy
• Population growth
• Poverty
• Ecological ignorance

Technology innovation

• Has little impact on the environment
• Always decreases environmental impact
• Always increases environmental impact
• Can increase or decrease environmental impact, depending on the technology

An example of environmentally sustainable economic development is

• Increased use of resources
• Pollution prevention
• Population growth
• Burying waste

SDGs?

• Sustainable Development Goals
• Soccer duties goals
• Sustainable Development Group
• Sustainable Decomposition Group

When SDG’S was created?

• 2015
• 2018
• 2020
• 2030