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CHAPTER 1—ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, THEIR CAUSES, AND
SUSTAINABILITY
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Sustainability refers to _____.
a. the way in which the natural world works
b. how we interact with the environment
c. human methods of coping with environmental problems
d. refusing, reducing, reusing, and recycling
e. the capacity of the earth’s natural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt
ANS: E PTS: 1
TOP: Core Case Study: A vision of a more sustainable world in 2065
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
2. Which discipline is most associated with environmental science?
a. botany
b. political science
c. sociology
d. ecology
e. psychology
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: Modified
3. A forest with plants, animals, and various other organisms is an example of a(n) _____.
a. ecosystem
b. species
c. ecology
d. life-support system
e. nutrient
ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: New
4. Using normally renewable resources faster than nature can renew them is called _____.
a. nutrient cycling
b. nutrient deficit
c. sustainability
d. trade-offs
e. degrading natural capital
ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember
5. Solar energy is known as a(n) _____.
a. renewable resource
b. recyclable resource
c. inexhaustible resource
d. reusable resource
e. nonrenewable resource
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
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KEY: Bloom's: Remember
6. What is one of the three social science principles of sustainability?
a. A dependence on solar energy
b. A focus on chemical cycling
c. The degradation of natural capital
d. A responsibility to future generations
e. The ability to retain biodiversity
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
7. Topsoil is an important component of _____.
a. biodiversity
b. ecosystems
c. natural resources
d. win-win solutions
e. nutrient cycling
ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
8. According to a number of environmental scientists, we already know how to reuse or recycle at least
_____ of the nonrenewable resources we use.
a. 80%
b. 65%
c. 50%
d. 40%
e. 25%
ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
9. What are the priorities for more sustainable use of renewable resources, in order?
a. refuse, renew, reduce, and recycle
b. recycle, renew, reuse, and reduce
c. resource, recycle, renew, and reduce
d. refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle
e. refuse, reduce, recycle, and renew
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
10. More-developed countries _____.
a. have a lower average income
b. use mostly renewable resources
c. rely entirely on nonrenewable resources
d. comprise 17% of the world’s population
e. provide fewer recycling services
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
11. The primary difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources is ____.
a. how easily each can be discovered
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b. the available amount of each resource
c. the length of time it takes for each to be replenished
d. how fast each is being consumed
e. how quickly each can produce electricity
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: Modified
12. What term describes the highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely without
reducing its available supply?
a. conservation
b. sustainable yield
c. preservation
d. perpetual resource
e. degradation
ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember
13. Which substance would be considered a renewable resource?
a. copper
b. oil
c. fresh air
d. salt
e. sand
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: Modified
14. Which substance would be considered a nonrenewable resource?
a. groundwater
b. trees in a forest
c. fertile soil
d. oil
e. crops
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: Modified
15. All nonrenewable resources can theoretically be ____.
a. converted to nonmetallic minerals
b. converted to renewable ones
c. exhausted or depleted
d. recycled or reused
e. alive
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand
16. Which action is is an example of reuse?
a. re-melting aluminum cans
b. making compost out of kitchen scraps
c. using plastic butter tubs to store leftovers
d. using waste heat to warm a room
e. making paper goods from previously used paper
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CHAPTER 1—ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, THEIR CAUSES, AND
SUSTAINABILITY
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Sustainability refers to _____.
a. the way in which the natural world works
b. how we interact with the environment
c. human methods of coping with environmental problems
d. refusing, reducing, reusing, and recycling
e. the capacity of the earth’s natural systems to survive, flourish, and adapt
ANS: E PTS: 1
TOP: Core Case Study: A vision of a more sustainable world in 2065
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
2. Which discipline is most associated with environmental science?
a. botany
b. political science
c. sociology
d. ecology
e. psychology
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: Modified
3. A forest with plants, animals, and various other organisms is an example of a(n) _____.
a. ecosystem
b. species
c. ecology
d. life-support system
e. nutrient
ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: New
4. Using normally renewable resources faster than nature can renew them is called _____.
a. nutrient cycling
b. nutrient deficit
c. sustainability
d. trade-offs
e. degrading natural capital
ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember
5. Solar energy is known as a(n) _____.
a. renewable resource
b. recyclable resource
c. inexhaustible resource
d. reusable resource
e. nonrenewable resource
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
6,
202610/13/2026,
1:58:1510/13/2026,
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1:58:15
in 1:58:15
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in the
18th
in environment
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edition
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bank(*((&#*!(*#*($$(*($(*$Y(&*&$(*)&*)((&$*^$&*&$
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KEY: Bloom's: Remember
6. What is one of the three social science principles of sustainability?
a. A dependence on solar energy
b. A focus on chemical cycling
c. The degradation of natural capital
d. A responsibility to future generations
e. The ability to retain biodiversity
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
7. Topsoil is an important component of _____.
a. biodiversity
b. ecosystems
c. natural resources
d. win-win solutions
e. nutrient cycling
ANS: E PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
8. According to a number of environmental scientists, we already know how to reuse or recycle at least
_____ of the nonrenewable resources we use.
a. 80%
b. 65%
c. 50%
d. 40%
e. 25%
ANS: A PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
9. What are the priorities for more sustainable use of renewable resources, in order?
a. refuse, renew, reduce, and recycle
b. recycle, renew, reuse, and reduce
c. resource, recycle, renew, and reduce
d. refuse, reduce, reuse, and recycle
e. refuse, reduce, recycle, and renew
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
10. More-developed countries _____.
a. have a lower average income
b. use mostly renewable resources
c. rely entirely on nonrenewable resources
d. comprise 17% of the world’s population
e. provide fewer recycling services
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember NOT: New
11. The primary difference between renewable resources and nonrenewable resources is ____.
a. how easily each can be discovered
6,
202610/13/2026,
1:58:1510/13/2026,
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1:58:15
in 1:58:15
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in the
18th
in environment
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bank(*((&#*!(*#*($$(*($(*$Y(&*&$(*)&*)((&$*^$&*&$
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b. the available amount of each resource
c. the length of time it takes for each to be replenished
d. how fast each is being consumed
e. how quickly each can produce electricity
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: Modified
12. What term describes the highest rate at which a renewable resource can be used indefinitely without
reducing its available supply?
a. conservation
b. sustainable yield
c. preservation
d. perpetual resource
e. degradation
ANS: B PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Remember
13. Which substance would be considered a renewable resource?
a. copper
b. oil
c. fresh air
d. salt
e. sand
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: Modified
14. Which substance would be considered a nonrenewable resource?
a. groundwater
b. trees in a forest
c. fertile soil
d. oil
e. crops
ANS: D PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand NOT: Modified
15. All nonrenewable resources can theoretically be ____.
a. converted to nonmetallic minerals
b. converted to renewable ones
c. exhausted or depleted
d. recycled or reused
e. alive
ANS: C PTS: 1 TOP: 1-1 What Are Some Principles of Sustainability?
KEY: Bloom's: Understand
16. Which action is is an example of reuse?
a. re-melting aluminum cans
b. making compost out of kitchen scraps
c. using plastic butter tubs to store leftovers
d. using waste heat to warm a room
e. making paper goods from previously used paper
6,
202610/13/2026,
1:58:1510/13/2026,
AMLiving
1:58:15
in 1:58:15
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in environment
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