Question

**Principles of Sustainability Course**

1)Water vapor is a greenhouse gas

True

False

2)The triple bottom line refers to

		A) product, place, and price
		B) local, regional, and global
		C) pollution, climate change, and resource depletion
		D) environment, economics, and equity

3)The sustainability movement differs from the environmental movement in that it also includes economics and equity.

True

False

4)Once a species is so at risk that it becomes endangered, it cannot be removed from the endangered species list.

True

False

5)Monitoring is an important step in sustainability initiatives.

True

False

6)The way to know what is sustainable is to listen to opinions and select the ones talked about most often.

True

False

7)The goal of restoration is

		A) to stop change from occurring
		B) to move an ecosystem back to the state it occupied approximately 100 years earlier
		C) to move an ecosystem back to the state it occupied approximately 200 years earlier
		D) to provide conditions to allow a system to achieve a state of equilbrium that results in a healthy, self-sustaining system

8)Sea level rise associated with global warming is caused primarily by

		A) expanding sea water
		B) melting glaciers
		C) melting ice caps
		D) expansion of rock layers
9)Desalination of seawater consumes more energy than pumping of groundwater.

True

False

10)The Groundwater is

		A)    water that runs off the surface in a rainstorm
		B) soil moisture
		C) the zone of saturated soil or rock
		D) water inaccessible to wells

11)Which of the following is a type of trophic level?

		A) producer
		B) consumer
		C) decomposer
		D) all of the above

12) IPAT stands for

		A) industrial pollution and technology
		B) impact, population, affluence, and technology
		C) increased population after transition
		D) the total energy produced within an area

13)Thomas Malthus is best known for his writings on

		A) economics
		B) ecology
		C) population
		D) group dynamics

Answer 1

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Answer 1 Option True

Water vapor is a greenhouse gas. It is the largest contributor to earth green house effect.

Answer 2 Option D) environment, economics, and social equity.

The triple bottom line refers to environment, economics, and social equity.

Answer 3 Option True

The sustainability movement differs from the environmental movement in that it also includes economics and equity.

Answer 4 Option False

Once a species is so at risk that it becomes endangered, it cannot be removed from the endangered species list.

Answer 5 Option True

Monitoring is an important step in sustainability initiatives.

Answer 6 Option True

The way to know what is sustainable is to listen to opinions and select the ones talked about most often.Sustainable development goals are called people goals.

Answer 7) Option D) to provide conditions to allow a system to achieve a state of equilbrium that results in a healthy, self-sustaining system

The goal of restoration is to provide conditions to allow a system to achieve a state of equilbrium that results in a healthy, self-sustaining system

Answer 8 Option C) Melting ice caps

Sea level rise associated with global warming is caused primarily by melting ice caps.

Answer 9 Option True

Desalination of seawater consumes more energy than pumping of groundwater.

Answer 10 Option C the zone of saturated soil or rock

The Groundwater is the zone of saturated soil or rock

Answer 11 Option D) all of the above.

Consumers , producers and decomposer are tpe of tropical level.

Answer 12 Option B) impact, population, affluence, and technology

IPAT stands for impact, population, affluence, and technology

Answer 13 Option C) Population

Thomas Malthus is best known for his writings on population.