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Environmental Science a Global Concern 16/E William Cunningham
CH 01. Understanding Our Environment.
To say that environmental science is mission-oriented means it is
a highly organized endeavor.
essentially an information gathering endeavor.
oriented toward solving problems.
designed to understand relationships.
If everyone in the world lived a lifestyle similar to the average U.S. citizen we would need
more planets to support everyone.
two
four
six
eight
About of the world's people currently lack access to clean water, adequate diet,
basic sanitation, and other essential needs.
100 million
300 million
700 million
1.4 billion
Sustainable development means
improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future.
providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing.
continued growth indefinitely as long as it can be paid off.
utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources.
The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have nasty
consequences was
George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of Man and Nature.
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962.
Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago.
Plato's writings 2500 years ago.
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Which of the following presently provides 80 percent of the energy used in industrialized
countries?
fossil fuels
wind
hydroelectric power
solar
The position that nature deserves to be protected in its own right is called
biocentric preservation.
utilitarian conservation.
environmentalism.
global environmentalism.
constitutes 4.6 percent of the world's people yet produces about 50 percent of all
toxic waste.
China
Germany
Russia
The United States
The text suggests there is not a strong connection between poverty and environmental
degradation.
true
false
Most people agree that global climate change is not a real environmental threat.
true
false
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Environmental Science a Global Concern 16/E William Cunningham
CH 01. Understanding Our Environment.
To say that environmental science is mission-oriented means it is
a highly organized endeavor.
essentially an information gathering endeavor.
oriented toward solving problems.
designed to understand relationships.
If everyone in the world lived a lifestyle similar to the average U.S. citizen we would need
more planets to support everyone.
two
four
six
eight
About of the world's people currently lack access to clean water, adequate diet,
basic sanitation, and other essential needs.
100 million
300 million
700 million
1.4 billion
Sustainable development means
improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future.
providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing.
continued growth indefinitely as long as it can be paid off.
utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources.
The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have nasty
consequences was
George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of Man and Nature.
Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962.
Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago.
Plato's writings 2500 years ago.
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, HGFDS
Which of the following presently provides 80 percent of the energy used in industrialized
countries?
fossil fuels
wind
hydroelectric power
solar
The position that nature deserves to be protected in its own right is called
biocentric preservation.
utilitarian conservation.
environmentalism.
global environmentalism.
constitutes 4.6 percent of the world's people yet produces about 50 percent of all
toxic waste.
China
Germany
Russia
The United States
The text suggests there is not a strong connection between poverty and environmental
degradation.
true
false
Most people agree that global climate change is not a real environmental threat.
true
false
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