CEGE 1501 Quiz 1 || 100% Accurate Answers.
What is poverty associated with correct answers low life expectancy
illiteracy
high infant mortality
Highly developed countries represent what percentage of the world? correct answers 18%
Essential resources correct answers water, food, energy
Renewable resources correct answers solar, clean air, fertile soil, forests, energy of winds or
water
Non-renewable resources correct answers gas, oil, coal, minerals and metallic minerals
Ecological footprint correct answers The average amount of land, water and ocean required to
provide that person with all the resources they consume
Ecological overshoot correct answers resulting in food shortages, forest deconstruction, water
shortage, degradation of crop lands and fisheries
IPAT correct answers I= environmental impact
P= number of people
A= Affluence of a person
T= environmental effect of technologies
Affluence correct answers measure of the amount of resources used per person
, Sustainability correct answers meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs
Global Earth Systems correct answers climate, atmosphere, land, coastal zones, ocean
How to address environmental problems correct answers 1. Scientific assessment- define
problem
2. Risk analysis- doing nothing vs. intervening
3. Public engagement and participation
4. Political action
5. Long term evaluation
Model correct answers formal statement that describes the behavior of a system
stewardship correct answers shared responsibility for the sustainable care of our planet
sustainable development correct answers Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Environmental Science correct answers study of humanity's relationship with other organisms
and the non-living physical environment
Ecology correct answers Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between
organisms and their environment
Ecosystem correct answers natural system consisting of a community of organisms and its
physical environment
What is poverty associated with correct answers low life expectancy
illiteracy
high infant mortality
Highly developed countries represent what percentage of the world? correct answers 18%
Essential resources correct answers water, food, energy
Renewable resources correct answers solar, clean air, fertile soil, forests, energy of winds or
water
Non-renewable resources correct answers gas, oil, coal, minerals and metallic minerals
Ecological footprint correct answers The average amount of land, water and ocean required to
provide that person with all the resources they consume
Ecological overshoot correct answers resulting in food shortages, forest deconstruction, water
shortage, degradation of crop lands and fisheries
IPAT correct answers I= environmental impact
P= number of people
A= Affluence of a person
T= environmental effect of technologies
Affluence correct answers measure of the amount of resources used per person
, Sustainability correct answers meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability
of future generations to meet their own needs
Global Earth Systems correct answers climate, atmosphere, land, coastal zones, ocean
How to address environmental problems correct answers 1. Scientific assessment- define
problem
2. Risk analysis- doing nothing vs. intervening
3. Public engagement and participation
4. Political action
5. Long term evaluation
Model correct answers formal statement that describes the behavior of a system
stewardship correct answers shared responsibility for the sustainable care of our planet
sustainable development correct answers Development that meets the needs of the present
without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
Environmental Science correct answers study of humanity's relationship with other organisms
and the non-living physical environment
Ecology correct answers Scientific study of interactions among organisms and between
organisms and their environment
Ecosystem correct answers natural system consisting of a community of organisms and its
physical environment
