GE 10 Quiz #1: Chapter 1

What is our our basic life support system?

What is referred to as the world's stock of natural resources?

What are the three principles of sustainability derived from the social sciences?

Which of the following is an example of waste that have been turned into useful resources?

• Household paper products being incinerated for disposal.

• Food waste converted into biogas for energy.

• Food scraps being discarded into a garbage bin.

• Household batteries being discarded in regular trash.

What is an interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the living and nonliving parts of their environment?

What is referred to as the processes provided by healthy ecosystems that support life and human economies at no monetary cost to us?

Environmental scientists search for __________ solutions to environmental problems.

What are the two types of natural resources?

It is the capacity of the earth’s natural systems and human cultural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt to changing environmental conditions into the very long-term future.

• Conservation

• Biodiversity

• Ecosystem Balance

• Sustainability

What are the three scientific principles of sustainability?