ENSC

Question: When did the global population growth rate peak?

• • 1950s

• • 1960s

• • 1970s

• 1980s

Question: What is the current trend in global population growth rates?

• • A. Increasing and accelerating

• • B. Increasing but gradually slowing

• • C. Stopping entirely

• • D. Rapidly decreasing

Question: Which type of resource can be replenished on a human timescale?

• • A. Oil

• • B. Solar energy (太阳能)

• • C. Uranium

• • D. Coal

Question: Has humanity exceeded Earth’s sustainable carrying capacity in the past 40 years?

• Yes

• • B. No

Question: What does the ecological footprint measure?

• • A. Individual CO₂ emissions

• • B. The area of resources needed to support consumption

• • C. National income per capita

• • D. Availability of renewable resources

Question: Which population groups have the greatest variation in ecological footprints?

• • A. Urban and rural populations

• • B. Different countries

• • C. Children and adults

• • D. Developed and developing countries (发达国家和发展中国家)

Question: In the IPAT model, what does “A” stand for?

• • A. Population

• • B. Affluence (消费量)

• Technology

• Environment

Question: What is the purpose of the IPAT model?

• • A. To measure levels of consumption

• • B. To measure personal happiness

• • C. To measure human impact on the environment

• • D. To measure resource efficiency

Question: What is the definition of sustainability?

• • A. Meeting current needs without compromising future generations' needs

• • B. Increasing current resource consumption

• • C. Preserving all species from extinction

• • D. Only considering current generation needs

Question: What is the core problem in the Tragedy of the Commons?

• • A. Unequal resource distribution

• • B. Overuse of shared resources leading to depletion

• • C. Personal rights to own resources

• • D. High costs of resource protection