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Chapter 1 Science and Sustainability: An Introduction to Environmental Science
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1.1 Multiple Choice Questions dt dt




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1) How many citizens of Mexico does it take to equal the ecological footprint of the av
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erage citizen of the United States?
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A) They are essentially equal.
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B) It takes just over two Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average
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C) It takes just over three Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average
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D) It takes just over eight Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average
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E) It takes about 12 Mexican citizens to equal the ecological footprint of the average U.S. citiz
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en.
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2) If everyone on the planet had an ecological footprint the size of the average citizen of th
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e United States, then
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A) we would have 50% more food to go around
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B) we would be able to provide for everyone without much difficulty by using the 50% of th
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e land currently not being used for agriculture
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C) we would need at least two more planet Earths to feed and support everyone
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D) we could support 50% more people on our planet
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E) about 50% of the people would starve
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3) The U.S. average footprint is about
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times larger than the average world footprint.
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A) 2
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4) The average footprint per person has increased from 2.2 to 2.6 since 2008, and the foo
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tprints of many developing nations, such as India and China, have also increased. This
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A) our collective lifestyle is even more unsustainable than before
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B) our collective lifestyle is slightly more sustainable than before
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C) the ability of the planet to sustain human beings has increased
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D) some nations no longer have a measurable footprint
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E) the populations of both India and China have decreased since 2008 A
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5) Geothermal energy, wind, and solar radiation are all examples of dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt d t dt .
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B) inexhaustible renewable natural resources dt dt dt




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6) Nonrenewable natural resources include all of the following EXCEPT: dt dt dt dt dt dt dt dt




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7) Ecosystem services dt d t dt .
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C) are economically valuable services provided by natural systems
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D) are valuable to natural systems but not to human-created systems
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E) are required to rebalance natural systems that we have disturbed A
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8) Today (2024), there are about dt dt dt dt d t dt .
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B) 9 billion people on Earth
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C) 10 billion people on Earth
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D) 8 billion people on Earth
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E) 2% fewer people on Earth than in 2010
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9) Global population is projected to be nearly
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A) 7 billion
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