ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE TOWARD A
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS
●● Limits from Story of Stuff
Answer: Natural Resources are running out, we use nonrenewable
resources, eating into principal of planet.
●● America's Percent of Population vs. How much We Consume -->
How many Planets needed to Consume Like We DO
Answer: 5%, 30%, 3-5 planets
●● Demographic Transition
Answer: The transition from high birth and death rates to lower birth and
death rates as a country or region develops from a pre-industrial to an
industrialized economic system.
●● Percentage of fisheries at or over capacity
Answer: 75%
●● Synergism
, Answer: the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations,
substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the
sum of their separate effects. Many toxics in low doses but in long
exposure.
●● Where are babies exposed to toxins?
Answer: breast milk
●● Externalities
Answer: A side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial
activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the cost
of the goods or services involved. E.g. Air pollution from burning fossil
fuels.
●● Internalizing the Cost
Answer: Including the cost (externality) in the real price the consumer
sees. E.g. externality is the trash a garbage man leaves on road,
including the cost would charge the garbage company when trash is left
on the road.
●● Who pays for the stuff we buy? How?
Answer: People where the resources are extracted from loose their clean
air and have increased health issues. People in stores pay by being paid
less and having to cover their own insurance. Women who work in the
factory pay through their loss or reproduction and health.
SUSTAINABLE FUTURE COMPREHENSIVE
EXAM SCRIPT VERIFIED QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS GRADED APLUS
●● Limits from Story of Stuff
Answer: Natural Resources are running out, we use nonrenewable
resources, eating into principal of planet.
●● America's Percent of Population vs. How much We Consume -->
How many Planets needed to Consume Like We DO
Answer: 5%, 30%, 3-5 planets
●● Demographic Transition
Answer: The transition from high birth and death rates to lower birth and
death rates as a country or region develops from a pre-industrial to an
industrialized economic system.
●● Percentage of fisheries at or over capacity
Answer: 75%
●● Synergism
, Answer: the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations,
substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the
sum of their separate effects. Many toxics in low doses but in long
exposure.
●● Where are babies exposed to toxins?
Answer: breast milk
●● Externalities
Answer: A side effect or consequence of an industrial or commercial
activity that affects other parties without this being reflected in the cost
of the goods or services involved. E.g. Air pollution from burning fossil
fuels.
●● Internalizing the Cost
Answer: Including the cost (externality) in the real price the consumer
sees. E.g. externality is the trash a garbage man leaves on road,
including the cost would charge the garbage company when trash is left
on the road.
●● Who pays for the stuff we buy? How?
Answer: People where the resources are extracted from loose their clean
air and have increased health issues. People in stores pay by being paid
less and having to cover their own insurance. Women who work in the
factory pay through their loss or reproduction and health.
