ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TOWARD A
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE
●● What is the approximate current global human population?
Answer: 7 billion
●● How is human population growth a sustainability issue?
Answer: Higher population means more resources and energy are used
to supply human needs.
●● What has happened to the global demand for energy?
Answer: Energy use has doubled since 1974.
●● Examples of biochemical cycles include all of the following except:
Answer: Sand
●● The exchange of goods and services is a primary focus of which
aspect from the three pillars of sustainability?
Answer: Economy
,●● Climate change is caused largely by which of the following?
Answer: Fossil fuels usage
●● Social equity includes education health care, and:
Answer: Human rights
●● What are the three pillars of sustainability?
Answer: Environment, Economics, Social Equity
●● Resource consumption amounts are most directly related to which of
the following?
Answer: Global population size
●● What measurement is used to assess the impact of humans on nature?
Answer: The ecological footprint
●● By what process do greenhouse gases cause climate change?
Answer: Preventing heat from escaping Earth's atmosphere
●● Which term refers to the Earth's ability to regenerate natural
resources and absorb waste?
Answer: Biocapacity
, ●● Per capita ecological footprint generally measures the average
environmental impact of ____.
Answer: An individual person
●● When does an ecological deficit occur?
Answer: When the ecological footprint is greater than Earth's capacity to
regenerate and absorb wastes
●● Which type of agriculture makes up the largest part of humanity's
ecological footprint?
Answer: Large-scale agriculture
●● Which statement best explains the concern about Earth's carrying
capacity?
Answer: Population growth and resource depletion have increased at
faster rates
●● Which of the following energy-related developments occurred during
the Industrial Revolution?
Answer: Coal was used to power steam engines.
●● Which of these statements shows why the Industrial Revolution is a
primary driver behind humanity's ecological footprint today?
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE ACTUAL TEST
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW PACKAGE
●● What is the approximate current global human population?
Answer: 7 billion
●● How is human population growth a sustainability issue?
Answer: Higher population means more resources and energy are used
to supply human needs.
●● What has happened to the global demand for energy?
Answer: Energy use has doubled since 1974.
●● Examples of biochemical cycles include all of the following except:
Answer: Sand
●● The exchange of goods and services is a primary focus of which
aspect from the three pillars of sustainability?
Answer: Economy
,●● Climate change is caused largely by which of the following?
Answer: Fossil fuels usage
●● Social equity includes education health care, and:
Answer: Human rights
●● What are the three pillars of sustainability?
Answer: Environment, Economics, Social Equity
●● Resource consumption amounts are most directly related to which of
the following?
Answer: Global population size
●● What measurement is used to assess the impact of humans on nature?
Answer: The ecological footprint
●● By what process do greenhouse gases cause climate change?
Answer: Preventing heat from escaping Earth's atmosphere
●● Which term refers to the Earth's ability to regenerate natural
resources and absorb waste?
Answer: Biocapacity
, ●● Per capita ecological footprint generally measures the average
environmental impact of ____.
Answer: An individual person
●● When does an ecological deficit occur?
Answer: When the ecological footprint is greater than Earth's capacity to
regenerate and absorb wastes
●● Which type of agriculture makes up the largest part of humanity's
ecological footprint?
Answer: Large-scale agriculture
●● Which statement best explains the concern about Earth's carrying
capacity?
Answer: Population growth and resource depletion have increased at
faster rates
●● Which of the following energy-related developments occurred during
the Industrial Revolution?
Answer: Coal was used to power steam engines.
●● Which of these statements shows why the Industrial Revolution is a
primary driver behind humanity's ecological footprint today?
