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WorksheetsEGE 311 Quiz 2 Sustainability
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 8mins
The ability to meet humanity’s current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs.
(a)
Sustainability is based on which of the following ideology? Check the appropriate boxes.
Individuals must think about economic, social
and environmental well-being.
We must consider the effects of our actions on the
health and well being of the natural environment.
We must live outside the limits of renewable resources being replenished by nature.
Understand all the costs to the environment and to the society of products we consume.
Which of the following behaviors are possible reasons why human society is not operating sustainably?
We are polluting the environment.
Using renewable resources faster than they are replenished.
Using birth control methods to minimize human population.
Human activities disrupt the regenerative ability of natural processes.
In order to achieve environmental sustainability, humans must stabilize human population.
TRUE
FALSE
In order to achieve environmental sustainability, humans must degrade ecosystems.
TRUE
FALSE
In order to achieve environmental sustainability, humans must promote pollution wherever possible.
TRUE
FALSE
In order to achieve environmental sustainability, humans must practice efficient resource utilization.
TRUE
FALSE
In order to achieve environmental sustainability, humans must eradicate hunger and poverty.
TRUE
FALSE
In order to achieve environmental sustainability, we must educate our children early, not adults.
TRUE
FALSE
Shipping routes often sources of oil spills.
Global Warming
Deforestation
Desertification
Pollution
Human activities lead to ecosystem's loss of its topsoil and increasing soil salinity.
Global Warming
Deserification
Deforestation
Pollution
