SUS1501 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM SCRIPT 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Why did environmental science emerge, wat is sustainability science?
Answer: - The formal study of environmental science in the form of
courses and academic programs in universities emerged in the late 1900s
along with rising societal concerns about human impacts on the
environment.
- More recently, new areas of study have emerged, such as sustainability
science, which takes advantage of the tools from both environmental
science and environmental studies to focus on finding solutions to
human-caused environmental problems.
◉ What is sustainability, what does this depend on, why is this hard?
Answer: - Sustainability is defined generally as the ability to carry out
an activity indefinitely into the future. A resource that neither depletes
nor destroys the resource or to the ability of natural systems to "absorb"
the waste and pollution produced by human activities.
- Whether these activities are sustainable or not depends on whether the
production of the pollution or waste exceeds the capacity for processing
or whether these activities degrade other aspects of the natural or
physical systems on the planet.
- Determining activities that are sustainable is hard with the amount of
people on the planet
, ◉ What are the two things we need to look at if we want to know if
something is sustainable? Answer: - Capacity of system to recover from
stress
- Duration and amount of stress
◉ What lead to the development of sustainable development, what is the
concept that underlies this, what is this viewpoint in contrast to?
Answer: The concern about how societies are changing has led to the
idea of sustainable development, the ability to meet the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.
- The concepts that underlie sustainable development include balanced
economic growth with the maintenance of a healthy global environment
and attention to equity in society.
- This approach is in contrast to the viewpoint that natural resources can
and should be used to support the growth of an economy and will
therefore lead to societal development.
◉ What is the OECD, who is a member, who is not, why is this
important, what are the downsides? Answer: Formally, a country with a
highly developed economy is a member of the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- The OECD is an international organization that focuses on the
development of policies that foster economic development, international
trade, and the development of common standards in a range of economic
sectors.
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ Why did environmental science emerge, wat is sustainability science?
Answer: - The formal study of environmental science in the form of
courses and academic programs in universities emerged in the late 1900s
along with rising societal concerns about human impacts on the
environment.
- More recently, new areas of study have emerged, such as sustainability
science, which takes advantage of the tools from both environmental
science and environmental studies to focus on finding solutions to
human-caused environmental problems.
◉ What is sustainability, what does this depend on, why is this hard?
Answer: - Sustainability is defined generally as the ability to carry out
an activity indefinitely into the future. A resource that neither depletes
nor destroys the resource or to the ability of natural systems to "absorb"
the waste and pollution produced by human activities.
- Whether these activities are sustainable or not depends on whether the
production of the pollution or waste exceeds the capacity for processing
or whether these activities degrade other aspects of the natural or
physical systems on the planet.
- Determining activities that are sustainable is hard with the amount of
people on the planet
, ◉ What are the two things we need to look at if we want to know if
something is sustainable? Answer: - Capacity of system to recover from
stress
- Duration and amount of stress
◉ What lead to the development of sustainable development, what is the
concept that underlies this, what is this viewpoint in contrast to?
Answer: The concern about how societies are changing has led to the
idea of sustainable development, the ability to meet the needs of the
present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet
their own needs.
- The concepts that underlie sustainable development include balanced
economic growth with the maintenance of a healthy global environment
and attention to equity in society.
- This approach is in contrast to the viewpoint that natural resources can
and should be used to support the growth of an economy and will
therefore lead to societal development.
◉ What is the OECD, who is a member, who is not, why is this
important, what are the downsides? Answer: Formally, a country with a
highly developed economy is a member of the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
- The OECD is an international organization that focuses on the
development of policies that foster economic development, international
trade, and the development of common standards in a range of economic
sectors.
