SUSTAINABILITY EXAM WITH 150+ VERIFIED
QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS
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LATEST UPDATE 2025
What was Fritz Haber's contribution to the most important invention in the 20th
century? - ANSWER-• The most important invention of the 20th century
o Haber-Bosch process for fixing nitrogen
What is the Haber-Bosch process? - ANSWER-• The Haber-Bosch process
works by combining nitrogen and hydrogen gases under immense heat and
pressure in the presence of a catalyst
o The heat and pressure are supplied by prodigious amounts of electricity and
the hydrogen is supplied by oil, coal, or natural gas
What are some problem with factory farms in regard to pollution? - ANSWER-•
One problem with factories, as opposed to biological systems, is that they tend
to pollute
o Hungry for fossil fuel as hybrid corn is, farmers still feed it far more than it
can possibly eat, wasting most of the fertilizer they buy
• The synthetic nitrogen that plants don't take up evaporates into the air where it
acidifies the rain and contributes to global warming
o Some of it seeps down to the water table, where it may come out of the tap
and compromises the blood's ability to carry oxygen to the brain
Provide an example of a negative consequence of the flood of synthetic
nitrogen? - ANSWER-• The flood of synthetic nitrogen has fertilized not just he
farm fields but the forests and oceans too
,• The nitrates spread in Iowa or Indiana flow down the Mississippi into the Gulf
of Mexico where their deadly fertility poisons the marine ecosystem
• The nitrogen tide stimulates the wild growth of algae and the algae smother
the fish, creating a dead zone
• By fertilizing the world, we alter the planet's composition of species and
shrink its biodiversity
Why is buying locally grown food important? - ANSWER-
• Local food involves farmers with first names and consumers who remember
that to be human is to be on a food chain, wherever and whenever we find
ourselves alive
• We get back in touch with how things are grown, when they are available, and
we reduce our dependency on the consumer market
• Concentrating on local foods means thinking of fruit invariably as the product
of an orchard, and a winter squash as the fruit of a late autumn farm
o It's a strategy that will keep grocery money in the neighborhood, where it gets
recycled into your own school system and local businesses
o It begins with rethinking a position that is only superficially about deprivation
What is the difference between perennials and annuals? - ANSWER-• Annuals
only last during growing season and need to be replanted each year
o We mostly consume Annuals
• Perennials live for more than one year and can be permanent
What does the vegetannual look like? - ANSWER-• Stepping out of a highly
transported food system and only buying food in season and locally
Why would coining the terms "petrolophobes" and "seasonaltarians" be
important? - ANSWER-• Carnivores accommodate vegetarian guests so what
,would the world be like if people who were queasy about fuel-guzzling foods
were called Petrolophobes
o Or if people who only ate seasonally were called Seasonaltarians
How can concentrating on local foods benefit the local schools and businesses?
- ANSWER-• Eating seasonally and eating local foods is a strategy that will
keep grocery money in the neighborhood, where it gets recycled into your own
school system and local businesses
The green spaces surrounding your town stay green and farmers who live
nearby get to grow more food next year, for you
Consumers are willing to pay $4 for a pound of product that is only about what
percent of potatoes and what percent of fillers. - ANSWER-40, 60
What is in PopTarts? - ANSWER-• Gelatin, made from by-products of the meat
and leather industries
• Sodium pyrophosphate, commonly used in household detergents as water
softener
• Monocalcium phosphate, a leavening agent typically found in bird and chicken
feed
• Tert-butylhydroquinone, a preservative found in household varnishes
Three different artificial colorants including Red No. 40
How does processed food impact our environment? - ANSWER-• Processed
foods require more energy to be produced
• Processed foods ingredients like palm oil carry with them a high emissions toll
• To establish plantations, producers raze rainforests and drain peatlands, often
forcibly taken from communities
• When these swamps are drained, the peat becomes exposed to air and the
carbon gets oxidized, releasing carbon dioxide
• Then, once dry, these lands become susceptible to fires
, The average American throws out how much money per month in spoiled,
discarded food. - ANSWER-$130-175
In 2009, consumers spend a whopping how much money..they bought, never ate
and discarded. - ANSWER-$32 billion
Why does the never-ending flow of global goods makes sense? - ANSWER-•
Short, cheap labor.
• In modern American lifestyles we've grown accustomed to a dizzyingly wide
selection of product choices at rock-bottom prices, a function of the so-called
Walmart effect.
• To support this level of variety and affordability in our consumer goods, we
depend on law-wage workers in developing nations whose cheap labor keeps
production costs way down.
What are the concerns of parents in regard to their children walking or biking to
school? - ANSWER-• Perceived stranger danger
• Traffic around the neighborhood and school
Motor vehicle speeding
What is the "Great Unwind." - ANSWER-The fact that the consumer has moved
from a state of anxiety to action. American consumers have started to "unwind
their leverage" to remove themselves from the liability and risk that presents
itself as we move forward
the consumer retreating or empowered? - ANSWER-Empowered
What is the issue about savings rates since WWII? - ANSWER-• Consumers
binged and our saving dropped from 10% savings into the negatives
QUESTIONS AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS
|| ALREDY GRADED A+ || GUARANTEED PASS ||
LATEST UPDATE 2025
What was Fritz Haber's contribution to the most important invention in the 20th
century? - ANSWER-• The most important invention of the 20th century
o Haber-Bosch process for fixing nitrogen
What is the Haber-Bosch process? - ANSWER-• The Haber-Bosch process
works by combining nitrogen and hydrogen gases under immense heat and
pressure in the presence of a catalyst
o The heat and pressure are supplied by prodigious amounts of electricity and
the hydrogen is supplied by oil, coal, or natural gas
What are some problem with factory farms in regard to pollution? - ANSWER-•
One problem with factories, as opposed to biological systems, is that they tend
to pollute
o Hungry for fossil fuel as hybrid corn is, farmers still feed it far more than it
can possibly eat, wasting most of the fertilizer they buy
• The synthetic nitrogen that plants don't take up evaporates into the air where it
acidifies the rain and contributes to global warming
o Some of it seeps down to the water table, where it may come out of the tap
and compromises the blood's ability to carry oxygen to the brain
Provide an example of a negative consequence of the flood of synthetic
nitrogen? - ANSWER-• The flood of synthetic nitrogen has fertilized not just he
farm fields but the forests and oceans too
,• The nitrates spread in Iowa or Indiana flow down the Mississippi into the Gulf
of Mexico where their deadly fertility poisons the marine ecosystem
• The nitrogen tide stimulates the wild growth of algae and the algae smother
the fish, creating a dead zone
• By fertilizing the world, we alter the planet's composition of species and
shrink its biodiversity
Why is buying locally grown food important? - ANSWER-
• Local food involves farmers with first names and consumers who remember
that to be human is to be on a food chain, wherever and whenever we find
ourselves alive
• We get back in touch with how things are grown, when they are available, and
we reduce our dependency on the consumer market
• Concentrating on local foods means thinking of fruit invariably as the product
of an orchard, and a winter squash as the fruit of a late autumn farm
o It's a strategy that will keep grocery money in the neighborhood, where it gets
recycled into your own school system and local businesses
o It begins with rethinking a position that is only superficially about deprivation
What is the difference between perennials and annuals? - ANSWER-• Annuals
only last during growing season and need to be replanted each year
o We mostly consume Annuals
• Perennials live for more than one year and can be permanent
What does the vegetannual look like? - ANSWER-• Stepping out of a highly
transported food system and only buying food in season and locally
Why would coining the terms "petrolophobes" and "seasonaltarians" be
important? - ANSWER-• Carnivores accommodate vegetarian guests so what
,would the world be like if people who were queasy about fuel-guzzling foods
were called Petrolophobes
o Or if people who only ate seasonally were called Seasonaltarians
How can concentrating on local foods benefit the local schools and businesses?
- ANSWER-• Eating seasonally and eating local foods is a strategy that will
keep grocery money in the neighborhood, where it gets recycled into your own
school system and local businesses
The green spaces surrounding your town stay green and farmers who live
nearby get to grow more food next year, for you
Consumers are willing to pay $4 for a pound of product that is only about what
percent of potatoes and what percent of fillers. - ANSWER-40, 60
What is in PopTarts? - ANSWER-• Gelatin, made from by-products of the meat
and leather industries
• Sodium pyrophosphate, commonly used in household detergents as water
softener
• Monocalcium phosphate, a leavening agent typically found in bird and chicken
feed
• Tert-butylhydroquinone, a preservative found in household varnishes
Three different artificial colorants including Red No. 40
How does processed food impact our environment? - ANSWER-• Processed
foods require more energy to be produced
• Processed foods ingredients like palm oil carry with them a high emissions toll
• To establish plantations, producers raze rainforests and drain peatlands, often
forcibly taken from communities
• When these swamps are drained, the peat becomes exposed to air and the
carbon gets oxidized, releasing carbon dioxide
• Then, once dry, these lands become susceptible to fires
, The average American throws out how much money per month in spoiled,
discarded food. - ANSWER-$130-175
In 2009, consumers spend a whopping how much money..they bought, never ate
and discarded. - ANSWER-$32 billion
Why does the never-ending flow of global goods makes sense? - ANSWER-•
Short, cheap labor.
• In modern American lifestyles we've grown accustomed to a dizzyingly wide
selection of product choices at rock-bottom prices, a function of the so-called
Walmart effect.
• To support this level of variety and affordability in our consumer goods, we
depend on law-wage workers in developing nations whose cheap labor keeps
production costs way down.
What are the concerns of parents in regard to their children walking or biking to
school? - ANSWER-• Perceived stranger danger
• Traffic around the neighborhood and school
Motor vehicle speeding
What is the "Great Unwind." - ANSWER-The fact that the consumer has moved
from a state of anxiety to action. American consumers have started to "unwind
their leverage" to remove themselves from the liability and risk that presents
itself as we move forward
the consumer retreating or empowered? - ANSWER-Empowered
What is the issue about savings rates since WWII? - ANSWER-• Consumers
binged and our saving dropped from 10% savings into the negatives
