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| 4955477750 | Land owned by a community of government that is available for use by citizens is called a(n) | open access renewable resource | 0 | |
| 4955484280 | Air, water, soil, plans and wind, as well as processes such as photosynthesis, are all examples of | natural capital | 1 | |
| 4955487860 | The population of the world has been increasing... | exponentially | 2 | |
| 5337095703 | The interdiscplinary subject that combies information from the physical sciences and the social sciences to learn how the Earth works is called | Environmental science | 3 | |
| 5337099500 | Which factor is used by the United Nations to classify a nation as developed or developing? | Degree of industrialization | 4 | |
| 5337109478 | What generalization about developing countries (LDCs) is true? | They use about 12% of the world's total resources | 5 | |
| 5337113604 | An example of environmentally sustainable economic development is | pollution prevention | 6 | |
| 5337126434 | If everyone on earth consumed resources at the same level as an average citizen of the US, we would need | Five more Earths | 7 | |
| 5337212600 | We buy a table that is made from a beautiful tropical hardwood. The table's price is high. Even so, the price does not usually include | the cost to the environment of removing the tree that the lumber came from | 8 | |
| 5337216548 | One millionth of a gram is a ____ gram | micro- | 9 | |
| 5337220096 | According to the World Health Organization (WHO), poverty often results in premature death due to all of the following reasons except | the availability of clean drinking water | 10 | |
| 5337223075 | Affluence results in a safer, often more environmentally managed society in all ways except | increased resource use | 11 | |
| 5337228833 | The amount of biologically productive land and water neeeded to supply the people in a particular area with resources, and to absorb and recycle the wastes and pollution produced by such resource use is called the | ecological footprint | 12 | |
| 5337231907 | All of the following are tenants of the Principles of Sustainability except | fossil fuel recharging | 13 | |
| 5337234649 | What is the current strategy regarding pollution? | emphasis should be placed on prevention since is works better and is cheaper in the long run than cleanup initiatives | 14 | |
| 5352039612 | Small inputs of this substance, commonly a limiting factor in aquatic ecosystems, can result in algal blooms and dead zones. | Phosphorous | 15 | |
| 5352043059 | Aerobic respiration requires | Glucose and oxygen | 16 | |
| 5352056972 | Sulfur is added to the atmosphere in all the following ways | - Anaerobic Decomposition in Swamps - Sea Spray - From Volcanoes -from acid rain deposition | 17 | |
| 5352103453 | Also known as mineralization, this process is carried out by decomposers and returns nutrients in organic matter back to the soil | Ammonification | 18 | |
| 5352155747 | Fragmenting one large park or preserve into many small parks with human habitation in between them is most likely to lead to what? | reduction in species diversity | 19 | |
| 5352166393 | An ecosystem can survive without... | Consumers | 20 | |
| 5352172721 | The very necessary process of breaking down the dead bodies or wastes from organisms is the job of | Detrivores | 21 | |
| 5352184624 | anthropogenic | Changes and pollution in nature that is caused by humans | 22 |
