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WorksheetsAICE Environmental Management Exam 1 Dr. DePeña
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 8hrs 30mins
Identify the key phrase best associated with sustainability from the following list.
Maximize natural resource consumption
Short-term financial goals supersede long-term environmental quality
Seek to promote environmental depletion
Responsible environmental interaction
Minimize destruction of fossil fuels
Which of the following is an example of environmentally sustainable consumption?
Clearing a large area of forest for firewood, and not replanting the cleared area
Relying on traditional fossil fuels for energy consumption
Deciding to heat the family swimming pool with solar panels versus a traditional heater run off the grid
Removing emissions control devices from your vehicle
Adding only unleaded gas to your vehicle
Practices such as selective logging, planting trees to expand forest lands, or creating protected forests are examples of _____.
sustainable economics
commonly accepted lumber practices
sustainable forestry
crop rotation
Environment friendly practice of saving money
What environmental outcome is likely to occur through human actions associated with population growth, resource depletion, and pollution?
The environment benefits through increased consumption of natural resources
These actions always suggest an increase in conservation and preservation efforts
Environmental sustainability is endangered
No outcome, as the environment is always resilient to human actions
Some outcome depending on the budget of thee government.
Public efforts to promote information sharing about local availability of 'green' products and services would likely be beneficial in promoting the practice of _____ simplicity.
voluntary
mandatory
utility
statutory
forced
USE YOUR COMMON SENSE:
What situation is likely to have occurred if a farmer observing crop yield determines that production has been steadily decreasing for five years?
An environmental limit has been exceeded
Large retailers are beginning to compete with local farming co-ops
Crop prices have increased
Crop prices have decreased
Crop prices remain the same
Which of the following descriptions best explains environmental sustainability?
The term that is used to describe the economic value of the natural environment
The ability for all individuals regardless of nationality to enjoy the natural resources of the environment
Responsible interaction with the environment to avoid depletion or degradation of natural resources and allow for long-term environmental quality
The ability of the environment to keep producing minerals and other energy sources
To keep everyone involved in keeping prices down on all crops
Total Logging wants to start cutting down trees in a particular area, but they are an environmentally friendly logging company and they want to ultimately preserve the woodland. What can they do to accomplish this?
There is no way to do logging and preserve the woodland.
Sustainable logging
Selective deforesting
Selective logging
Selective Sustainability
Which of the following statements is FALSE concerning sustainable agriculture?
t grew out of concerns over the industrialization of agriculture.
With sustainable agriculture, farmers minimize usage of chemical pesticides and fertilizers
Sustainable agriculture is the use of farming techniques that protect the environment.
Sustainable agriculture farmers often grow monocrops, which means they grow a single crop year after year.
Farmers grow mixed crops for sustainability
Which of the following is an application of environmental sustainability?
Sustainable oil
Sustainable forestry
Sustainable fossil fuels
Sustainable monocrops
Sustainable gas
Bobby McGee is talking to Janis Joplin about the environmental challenges facing us and the next generation. Bobby tells Janis that the single most foundational threat to sustainable development is the high usage of oil and gas. Is Bobby McGee correct?
Yes; oil and gas consumption is currently the greatest threat to sustainable development.
No; the lack of green energy is the most foundational threat.
Yes; greenhouse gases are the threat, and these come primarily from oil and gas usage.
No; at the most foundational level, the increasing world population is the greatest threat to sustainable development.
Too many chickens in farmhouses are causing the decline of sustainability, and also cows farting too many times is making more greenhouse effects
Which report from the World Commission on Environment and Development is credited with coining the term Sustainable Development?
The Environmental Justice Report of 1987
The Report on the World's Environment and Development
The Brundtland Report on Sustainable Development
The United Nations Report on Environment
The US and World report on Sustainable Development
Which of the following best describes Sustainable Development?
Development that meets the needs of the future generations even if that means present society's needs go unmet
Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Development that provides environmental sustainability even if that results in economic and social degradation for future generations
Development that provides for economic and social viability even if that results in environmental degradation for the future
Development that gets developed after the sustainable development has been developed
Which of the following terms describes the point beyond which the environment exceeds its ability to provide essential resources?
Environmental Development
Environmental Limits
Sustainable Consumption
Sustainable Development
Environmental Chaos
Which of the following is NOT an example of sustainable consumption?
Using solar power.
Using environmentally-friendly cleaning products.
Practicing subsistence farming.
Developing alternative fuel sources, such as biofuels.
sustainable forestry
What is the appropriate term for water that falls on the ground and flows across the surface until it hits a stream?
Creek
Drainage
Runoff
Divide
Flood
Which of the following accounts for the largest movement of water in the hydrologic cycle?
Evaporation
Melting
Runoff
Sublimation
Condensation
Where is most of Earth's water located?
Lakes
Atmosphere
Rivers
Groundwater
Oceans
Sublimation is:
(a)
Occurs as water enters the ground to become groundwater:
(a)
Which of these is an example of precipitation?
snow
air
clouds
vapor
What is not a stage in the water cycle?
Evaporation
Precipitation
Drizzle
Runoff
What is the last stage in the cycle?
Condensation
Infiltration
Runoff
Transpiration
How does the water cycle begin?
Condensation
Runoff
Sublimation
Evaporation
What is a run-off?
Where two or more main or independent clauses are joined without a word to connect them or a punctuation mark to separate them
A further competition after an inconclusive result
I forget
The movement of land water to the oceans
