Ecological Footprint Questions

A measure of how much area of biologically productive land and water an individual, population, or activity requires to produce all the resources it consumes and to absorb the waste it generates, using prevailing technology and resource management practices.

• Ecological Footprint

• Sustainability

• Biocapacity

• Ecological Reserve

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Ecological Footprint is measured in:

• Kilowatts

• Carbon Units

• Global Hectares

• Square Miles

If all 7.8 Billion people on earth had the same Ecological Footprint that the United States has, it would take over ________ earths to sustainably supply that demand.

• 0.5

• 2

• 5

• 10

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Remembering the map we looked at with Ecological deficits and reserves, which countries tended to have a higher ecological reserve?

• Countries just north of the equator

• Countries with a large amount of industry and large economy

• More underdeveloped countries

• Middle eastern countries

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The term used to describe the productive area of Earth needed to support the lifestyle of one person in a particular country is called

• supply and demand

• the consumption crisis

• the ecological footprint

• sustainability

What is the Ecological footprint?

• Hypothetical area of land that a human uses every day

• Hypothetical area of land to support waste assimilation and food production

• The hypothetical area of land required to support each person's resource needs

• The hypothetical area of land l to support their resource needs and assimilate all waste

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The ecological footprint is a measure of an individual's or a population's ____________ impact.

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In general, developed countries have ​ (a)   ecological footprint than developing or under developed countries.

• larger

• smaller

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Formula to determine an Ecological Deficit or Reserve

• Biocapacity - Ecological Footprint

• Ecological Footprint - Biocapacity

• Biocapacity + Ecological Footprint

• Ecological Footprint x Biocapacity

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In the United States, even though our Ecological Footprint is actually pretty high (8.1gha), since the 1970's, it has actually ________.

• Stayed steady

• Increased substantially

• decreased slightly

• gone up dramatically

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