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WorksheetsAP Environmental Sustainability
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Composed of living plants or organisms
biotic
abiotic
lithosphere
atmosphere
The tragedy of the commons refers to the overuse of
common-property or free-access resources.
solar capital
governmental regulation
synthetic chemicals
Which of the following is considered a nonrenewable resource?
biological diversity
solar energy
fresh air
metallic minerals
Economic growth requires all of the following factors except
an increase in production
population growth
population decrease.
an increase in consumption
An ecological footprint is
a measure of the earth's biological capacity
a measure of a person's contribution to creating a sustainable environment.
the amount of wilderness available on the earth
the amount of biologically productive land and water needed to support each person.
Which of the following is considered to be a perpetual resource?
biodiesel
solar energy
tidal energy
nuclear energy
The total ecological footprint of the United States is ______ times that of India.
about 2
more than 3
more than 4
about 5
Nonpoint pollution sources
are identified more easily and cheaply than point sources.
come from sources that are easy to see and locate.
are dispersed and difficult to identify.
may come from a smokestack or a drainpipe.
Which of the following is not one of the five basic causes of environmental problems?
public policy
population growth
poverty
wastefull resource use
The three factors affecting the environmental impact of the population in developing and developed countries are:
population plus consumption minus technology = impact
population times consumption times technology = impact.
population times technology = impact minus consumption.
population plus consumption plus technology = impact.
Which of the following characterized the frontier environmental worldview?
Moving as needed to find food for survival
A high level of federal regulation
Vast resources available for human use
Alarm at the squandering of resources and wilderness
An example of environmentally sustainable economic development is
pollution prevention.
increased use of resources.
population growth.
burying waste
____________ is an interdisciplinary subject that combines information from the physical sciences and the social sciences to learn how the earth works.
Ecology
Conservation
Environmentalism
Environmental science
Natural capital consists of ______ and ecological services.
natural resources
economic services
climate change
GNP (gross national product)
