ENSC 200 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS 2024
Exponential Growth - answer-✔A quantity increases at a constant rate per unit of
time.
- Folding a piece of paper in half over and over again
Environment - answer-✔Everything that affects a living organism
Ecology - answer-✔A biological science that studies the relationships between
living organisms and their environment
Environmental Science - answer-✔An interdisciplinary study that uses information
from the physical sciences and social scienes to learn how the earth works, how we
interact with the Earth, and how to deal with environmental problems. It involves
integrating ideas from the natural world and our cultural world
Environmentalism - answer-✔A social movement dedicated to protecting the
Earth's life support systems for us and other species. Members of the
environmental community include ecologists, environmental scientists,
conservation biologists, conservationists, preservationists, restorationists,
environmentalists
Solar Energy (solar capital) - answer-✔Direct sunlight and indirect forms of
renewable solar energy such as wind power, hydropower, and biomass. Energy
from the sun is solar capital
, Natural resources (natural capital) - answer-✔The planets air, water, soil, wildlife,
forest, rangeland, fishery, mineral and energy resources and the processes of
natural purification, recycling and pest control
Carrying capacity - answer-✔The maximum number of organisms that can be
maintained in an area without degrading the environment
Cultural carrying capacity - answer-✔If people have cultural amenities such as
luxuries and technologies that raise their impact beyond basic levels
Sustainability - answer-✔The ability of a system to survive for an extended period
of time.
-Managing natural resources such as fish or forests
Environmentally sustainable society - answer-✔Meets the current needs of its
people for food, clean water, clean air, shelter and other basic resources without
comprising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Economic growth - answer-✔The increase of the capacity of a country to provide
people with goods and services
Gross domestic product (GDP) - answer-✔The annual market value of all goods
and services produced by all firms and organizations, foreign and domestic,
operating within a country
Per capita GDP - answer-✔The GDP divided by the total population at midyear
ANSWERS 2024
Exponential Growth - answer-✔A quantity increases at a constant rate per unit of
time.
- Folding a piece of paper in half over and over again
Environment - answer-✔Everything that affects a living organism
Ecology - answer-✔A biological science that studies the relationships between
living organisms and their environment
Environmental Science - answer-✔An interdisciplinary study that uses information
from the physical sciences and social scienes to learn how the earth works, how we
interact with the Earth, and how to deal with environmental problems. It involves
integrating ideas from the natural world and our cultural world
Environmentalism - answer-✔A social movement dedicated to protecting the
Earth's life support systems for us and other species. Members of the
environmental community include ecologists, environmental scientists,
conservation biologists, conservationists, preservationists, restorationists,
environmentalists
Solar Energy (solar capital) - answer-✔Direct sunlight and indirect forms of
renewable solar energy such as wind power, hydropower, and biomass. Energy
from the sun is solar capital
, Natural resources (natural capital) - answer-✔The planets air, water, soil, wildlife,
forest, rangeland, fishery, mineral and energy resources and the processes of
natural purification, recycling and pest control
Carrying capacity - answer-✔The maximum number of organisms that can be
maintained in an area without degrading the environment
Cultural carrying capacity - answer-✔If people have cultural amenities such as
luxuries and technologies that raise their impact beyond basic levels
Sustainability - answer-✔The ability of a system to survive for an extended period
of time.
-Managing natural resources such as fish or forests
Environmentally sustainable society - answer-✔Meets the current needs of its
people for food, clean water, clean air, shelter and other basic resources without
comprising the ability of future generations to meet their needs
Economic growth - answer-✔The increase of the capacity of a country to provide
people with goods and services
Gross domestic product (GDP) - answer-✔The annual market value of all goods
and services produced by all firms and organizations, foreign and domestic,
operating within a country
Per capita GDP - answer-✔The GDP divided by the total population at midyear
