Chapter 1 RETEST: The Environment and Sustainability

Which of the following is NOT a factor of sustainability?

• economics

• ethics

• biodiversity

• natural capital

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Which resource does NOT need to be cycled by ecosystems because a continuous, unlimited

supply is available?

• solar energy

• water

• pollinators

• carbon

Suppose you are part of a community with a sustainable yield of fish. Which of the following

would be true?

• The yield of fish is increasing each year.

• No other species of fish have been inadvertently caught.

• The rate of harvest does not exceed the fish population’s rate of recovery.

• The community has harvested enough fish to meet its nutritional requirements.

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Together, natural resources and ecosystem services are referred to as _____.

• inexhaustible resources

• natural capital

• environmental degradation

• biodiversity

Which of the following qualifies as point-source pollution?

• a sewer pipe dumping raw sewage into a stream

• fertilizer runoff from agricultural fields

• exhaust from vehicles in a county

• solid waste from consumers in a city

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Which of the following is the primary cause of the tragedy of the commons?

• Each individual has little stake in common resources.

• Each individual has an enormous stake in common resources.

• Humans are more selfish when they are being observed.

• Humans are more selfish when they are free of government intervention.

Which of the following would decrease the T factor in the IPAT model?

• pollution control technology

• wind power

• fuel-efficient cars

• solar energy

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A life-centered worldview is particularly concerned with which of the following?

• finding more effective ways to manage Earth as a support system for human life

• learning how life on Earth has sustained itself for billions of years

• avoiding human activities that may hasten the extinction of other species

• identifying and protecting species that can contribute to humans’ survival

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How does full-cost pricing help create economic sustainability?

• Full-cost pricing reduces ecological footprints to create an ecological deficit.

• Full-cost pricing is an effective way to prevent unbalanced affluence.

• Full-cost pricing reflects the true environmental cost of goods and services.

• Full-cost pricing allows people to find sustainable, low-cost products.

The idea that people are part of, and dependent on, nature represents a(n) _____.

• Human-centered environmental worldview

• Earth-centered environmental worldview

• Life-centered environmental worldview

• Planetary management environmental worldview

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