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SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ An increase in population increases environmental impact (T/F).
Answer: True
◍ According to Malthus, populations can increase forever (T/F).
Answer: False
◍ Which of the following is closest to the current global population?.
Answer: 7.5 billion
◍ J-curve populations.
Answer: start low, increase quickly
◍ Above are three demographic figures ("pyramids"). The top of each pyramid
represents people who are 100 years old, and the bottom of the pyramid
represents people who are less than 5 years old. Males are to the left of the
center of each figure, females are to the right. Use this data to answer the
following question:Which country is most likely to have the highest life
expectancy?.
Answer: Croatia (square)
◍ Assume the demographic transition model is largely correct. Which of the
four stages of the demographic transition model would be most well
described by a rapidly growing population?.
Answer: Stage 2
◍ Which of the following most accurately and fully describes a "Commons",
in the "Tragedy of the Commons" sense?.
Answer: A shared religion
,◍ A large lake is theoretically predicted to experience the "Tragedy of the
Commons" when it has.
Answer: c.many different communities on it's shores
◍ Using external government is having trouble dealing with some important
"Tragedy of the Commons" issues. One of these is atmospheric pollution
and climate change. Why might an external government approach, in
particular, be failing to curb the problem?.
Answer: Lack of enforcement
◍ Neo Malthusian attitude.
Answer: populations cant increase forever
◍ The Quaternary period is the geologic period that spans from 2 million years
ago until today. What was the average Quaternary climate like, compared to
the climate of today?.
Answer: it was generally cooler than today
◍ malthusian catastrophe.
Answer: not enough food is produced
◍ s curves show highest rate of growth.
Answer: sometime between start and end
◍ What is the recent trend in the instrumentally measured global climate?.
Answer: Increasing temperatures
◍ "the earths carrying capacity is limited by the availability of fresh water and
that the sustainable limit of water use is 3 billion people, therefore there will
be a big population crash as earths agricultural systems arent sustainable.".
Answer: neo malthusian argument
◍ Which of the following is a disadvantage of fossil fuels?.
Answer: Produces greenhouse gases
◍ Which of the following years was global "peak oil reached"?Select one:a.
2000b. 1900c. 1950d. None of these.
Answer: None of these
,◍ What does it mean to have an "energy return" of exactly 1?.
Answer: b. more energy is returned then expended
◍ In the
U. S. , what is the singlest biggest single use of water?.
Answer: a. energy generation
◍ Which of the following is the biggest storage component of the hydrologic
system?.
Answer: c. Ground water
◍ after a long time, s curve populations.
Answer: have birth rates equivalent to death rates
◍ after a long time, j curve populations.
Answer: have death rates higher than birth rates
◍ Regions of low biodiversity have, by definition.
Answer: few species
◍ why do curves in figure not follow paths shown?.
Answer: curved path will become straight, point of crisis changes
relationship between lines, after intersection curved line shouldnt exceed
straight line, exponential path cant continue indefinetely
◍ trends of all countries.
Answer: increased food production, lower mortality
◍ Are "cost-benefit" and "precautionary principle" approaches to
environmental regulation compatible? (2 marks).
Answer: Cost-Benefit Analysis means - Valuation of cost and benefits for
each year of project/policy; by aggregating and comparing costs and
benefits over the whole life of project policy. The precautionary principle
underlying sustainability dictates that in the face of high risk or insufficient
data, the priority should lie with ecosystem preservation rather than on
industrial development and market growth. They are not compatible because
unless the benefits outweigh the cost then it won't be done while the
, precautionary principle always supports helping the ecosystem.
◍ Describe the "Kuznets curve" and discuss a case in which this curve fails to
describe observed resource use.
Answer: There are limits to the Kuznets curve such effectiveness of
government regulation, the development of the economy, population levels.
Also developed countries tend to have less deforestation, but import meat
from countries who are having more deforestation.
◍ malthusianism.
Answer: population growth is limited by agricultural productivity and
resultts in inevitable mass poverty
◍ affluence.
Answer: average consumption of each person
◍ population is higher this year than last year (T/F).
Answer: True
◍ How have
U. S. minorities been differentially impacted by environmental degradation?
Cite at least two examples, and link them to course concepts, in your
answer.
Answer: Communities of color are more often located by a waste site than
white communities. They also tend to have higher exposure to air pollution
because of their location.
◍ Richest countries have highest birth rates T/F.
Answer: False
◍ What are "carbon footprints"? As applied to food, how are they different
from "food miles"?.
Answer: Carbon footprint measures the total amount of greenhouse gases
emitted. Food miles measure the distance that food travels from production
to consumption. If someone's food miles were big then their carbon footprint
would also be.
SCRIPT 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◍ An increase in population increases environmental impact (T/F).
Answer: True
◍ According to Malthus, populations can increase forever (T/F).
Answer: False
◍ Which of the following is closest to the current global population?.
Answer: 7.5 billion
◍ J-curve populations.
Answer: start low, increase quickly
◍ Above are three demographic figures ("pyramids"). The top of each pyramid
represents people who are 100 years old, and the bottom of the pyramid
represents people who are less than 5 years old. Males are to the left of the
center of each figure, females are to the right. Use this data to answer the
following question:Which country is most likely to have the highest life
expectancy?.
Answer: Croatia (square)
◍ Assume the demographic transition model is largely correct. Which of the
four stages of the demographic transition model would be most well
described by a rapidly growing population?.
Answer: Stage 2
◍ Which of the following most accurately and fully describes a "Commons",
in the "Tragedy of the Commons" sense?.
Answer: A shared religion
,◍ A large lake is theoretically predicted to experience the "Tragedy of the
Commons" when it has.
Answer: c.many different communities on it's shores
◍ Using external government is having trouble dealing with some important
"Tragedy of the Commons" issues. One of these is atmospheric pollution
and climate change. Why might an external government approach, in
particular, be failing to curb the problem?.
Answer: Lack of enforcement
◍ Neo Malthusian attitude.
Answer: populations cant increase forever
◍ The Quaternary period is the geologic period that spans from 2 million years
ago until today. What was the average Quaternary climate like, compared to
the climate of today?.
Answer: it was generally cooler than today
◍ malthusian catastrophe.
Answer: not enough food is produced
◍ s curves show highest rate of growth.
Answer: sometime between start and end
◍ What is the recent trend in the instrumentally measured global climate?.
Answer: Increasing temperatures
◍ "the earths carrying capacity is limited by the availability of fresh water and
that the sustainable limit of water use is 3 billion people, therefore there will
be a big population crash as earths agricultural systems arent sustainable.".
Answer: neo malthusian argument
◍ Which of the following is a disadvantage of fossil fuels?.
Answer: Produces greenhouse gases
◍ Which of the following years was global "peak oil reached"?Select one:a.
2000b. 1900c. 1950d. None of these.
Answer: None of these
,◍ What does it mean to have an "energy return" of exactly 1?.
Answer: b. more energy is returned then expended
◍ In the
U. S. , what is the singlest biggest single use of water?.
Answer: a. energy generation
◍ Which of the following is the biggest storage component of the hydrologic
system?.
Answer: c. Ground water
◍ after a long time, s curve populations.
Answer: have birth rates equivalent to death rates
◍ after a long time, j curve populations.
Answer: have death rates higher than birth rates
◍ Regions of low biodiversity have, by definition.
Answer: few species
◍ why do curves in figure not follow paths shown?.
Answer: curved path will become straight, point of crisis changes
relationship between lines, after intersection curved line shouldnt exceed
straight line, exponential path cant continue indefinetely
◍ trends of all countries.
Answer: increased food production, lower mortality
◍ Are "cost-benefit" and "precautionary principle" approaches to
environmental regulation compatible? (2 marks).
Answer: Cost-Benefit Analysis means - Valuation of cost and benefits for
each year of project/policy; by aggregating and comparing costs and
benefits over the whole life of project policy. The precautionary principle
underlying sustainability dictates that in the face of high risk or insufficient
data, the priority should lie with ecosystem preservation rather than on
industrial development and market growth. They are not compatible because
unless the benefits outweigh the cost then it won't be done while the
, precautionary principle always supports helping the ecosystem.
◍ Describe the "Kuznets curve" and discuss a case in which this curve fails to
describe observed resource use.
Answer: There are limits to the Kuznets curve such effectiveness of
government regulation, the development of the economy, population levels.
Also developed countries tend to have less deforestation, but import meat
from countries who are having more deforestation.
◍ malthusianism.
Answer: population growth is limited by agricultural productivity and
resultts in inevitable mass poverty
◍ affluence.
Answer: average consumption of each person
◍ population is higher this year than last year (T/F).
Answer: True
◍ How have
U. S. minorities been differentially impacted by environmental degradation?
Cite at least two examples, and link them to course concepts, in your
answer.
Answer: Communities of color are more often located by a waste site than
white communities. They also tend to have higher exposure to air pollution
because of their location.
◍ Richest countries have highest birth rates T/F.
Answer: False
◍ What are "carbon footprints"? As applied to food, how are they different
from "food miles"?.
Answer: Carbon footprint measures the total amount of greenhouse gases
emitted. Food miles measure the distance that food travels from production
to consumption. If someone's food miles were big then their carbon footprint
would also be.
