ASU 101 Exam 1Actual Questions And Answers Graded A+

What are ASU's eight design aspirations for the New American University? - correct answers leverage our place engage globally enable student success transform society value entrepreneurship socially embedded infuse intellectual disciplines contact use - inspired research "We have gone from the agricultural economy to the industrial economy and now to the ___________________ economy." - correct answers innovation The World Bank estimates that 1.6 billion people, ________ out of every four people on the planet - don't have regular access to an electricity grid. - correct answers 1 What country has the highest fertility rate, and how many births are there per woman? - correct answers Niger 6.9 births per woman Give some examples of Clean Electrons. - correct answers solar geothermal energy hydropower wind nuclear What are some reasons why biofuels can only be a bridging solution but not a large-scale solution to our energy problem? - correct answers consumes too many resources = causes starvation Give four ways to deal with population growth in developing countries, according to Friedman. - correct answers Healthcare/medicine Micro loans Family Planning What is the difference between global warming and global climate change? - correct answers ocean and atmosphere are heating up, rise in temperature caused by CO2 { global warming ice melting, severity of storms, severity of storms, species extinction, pest outbreaks { climate change What are some natural causes of global warming? - correct answers volcanoes forest fires Who are the climate change deniers? - correct answers fossil fuel industry oil gas What is the climate-change deniers' response to mitigation? - correct answers adaptation Explain the mysterious disappearance - and sudden reappearance - of aspen trees in Yellowstone National Park. - correct answers elks were eating them put wolves in there to balance amount of elks What are biofuels? - correct answers natural products use to power to give us energy Give an example of what energy poverty in other countries look like according to Friedman? List six drawbacks of energy poverty - correct answers education health water jobs blackouts economy Why is adaptation not as beneficial as mitigation? - correct answers it's risky and you can lose a lot of things throughout the process of it What is the first job in preventing more climate change? - correct answers medication What is the IPCC? - correct answers Intergovernmental Panel Climate Change What were some good strategies for the farming practices of Senhor Verde? - correct answers Has technology that fertilizes just the right amount to reduce amount of products going into runoff Uses right amount of water Has a renewable energy tractors - clean (solar maybe) Why were fossil fuels originally considered a success? - correct answers cheap abundant Flattening of the world is caused by certain factors. List three factors according to Friedman. - correct answers the fall of Berlin use of communication around the world outsourcing What do greenhouse gases actually do to the atmosphere? - correct answers thickens the atmosphere and causes the heat to be trapped, closer to people Methane's heat-trapping power in the atmosphere is _______ times stronger than carbon dioxide. - correct answers 26 List three reasons why people are living longer now? - correct answers medicine sanitation disease eradication What is meant by the term "our carbon copies" and what does Friedman think the U.S. should do to address it? - correct answers Other developing nations are copying us- we should lead the way in cleaner living so they will too "The average cow expels 600 liters of methane a day" by belching. Discuss the significance of this statement with regard to global warming/global climate change. - correct answers Reducing beef consumption will reduce the amount of methane released Discuss proxy indicators, and give an example of one used to give us a snapshot of climate conditions going back thousands of years. - correct answers Proxy indicators- give us an indirect idea of what the earth was like Ice cores- drill down in ice What are the five key problems that a hot, flat, and crowded world is dramatically intensifying, according to Friedman? - correct answers the need for energy and natural resources massive transfer of wealth disruptive climate change energy poverty accelerating biodiversity laws Give the notion of sustainable development from the Brundtland Commission of 1987. - correct answers Development that meets the needs of the present without jeopardizing future generations What is the "American Dream"? - correct answers having things that americans have What does "the world is flat" mean? - correct answers globalization What is a megacity? - correct answers city over 10 million people What gas is released with cattle belching? - correct answers methane When and how did humans begin to affect global warming/global climate change? - correct answers industrial revolution when they started using machines Why should America play a role in leading the way toward sustainability? - correct answers people follow our footsteps What is biomimicry? Give an example. - correct answers design after nature fashion with recycling How is it possible to "eliminate the concept of waste"? - correct answers biodegradable reusing