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Modern understandings of sustainable development hold that sustainability occurs when correct answersenvironmental goals overlap with social and economic goals, achieving a triple bottom line In terms of ecosystem services, the sustainable managed ecosystems would correct answersprovide more and...

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Modern understandings of sustainable development hold that sustainability occurs when correct
answersenvironmental goals overlap with social and economic goals, achieving a triple bottom line



In terms of ecosystem services, the sustainable managed ecosystems would correct answersprovide
more and more valuable services than converted ecosystems



The world's average ecological footprint is 2.7 hectares/person compared to the US average of 7.2
ha/person. The world is depleting renewable resources approximately ________ % faster than they can
be replenished; however, the US impact alone is approximately ________ times greater than world
average correct answers50%; 2.7



How much larger was the global ecological footprint in 2005 than it was in 1985? correct answers30%



A controlled scientific experiment correct answersis an activity designed to test the validity of a
hypothesis



Ecosystem services correct answersare economically valuable services provided by natural systems



A well-designed and well-controlled experiment includes correct answersa testable hypothesis, one
independent variable, replicates, and several quantifiable dependent variables



What will lead to a more sustainable world culture? correct answersreducing overall consumption and
halting population growth



An ecological footprint is best described as showing correct answersthe total biologically productive land
and water area required to sustain a person or population



Environmental science is most accurately viewed as a science correct answersincorporating all the
sciences, politics, economics, and social sciences

,In a scientific experiment, the variable(s) which is/are manipulated is/are correct answersthe
independent variable



It has been well documented that world population growth negatively impacts ecosystem services. The
current world population is estimated to be closest to correct answers7.4 billion



An example of a systemic approach to sustainability problem-solving would be to correct
answersresearch and employ diverse agricultural approaches that rely less heavily on chemical pesticides



Carbon-neutrality approaches refer to correct answersreducing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil
fuel combustion



Several of the least expensive ways to achieve a sustainable lifestyle would include correct
answersemploying water conservation, recycling, bicycling, and eating local produce



What describes energy transfer in a food web? correct answersenergy from the sun is stored in green
plants and transferred to consumers through herbivory



If the pH of a solution is increased from 7 to 9, it means that the correct answersconcentration of H(+)
has decreased by 100 times



Given that the half-life of the radioisotope Cs-137 is 30 years, approximately how long will it take for 80
lbs to decay to less than 1 lb? correct answers200 years



Which process generates nitrogen gas (N2)? correct answersdentrification



Which process could contribute excess nitrates leading to eutrophication? correct answerssynthetic
ammonification (Haber-Bosch process)



Which process converts nitrogen gas into a usable form of nitrogen for plants? correct answersnitrogen
fixation

, When environmental conditions change, populations that are most vulnerable to extinction are correct
answerspopulations of species that are specialized with regard to needed resources



The climatographs of tundra and desert biomes both correct answershave relatively low precipitation on
an annual basis



A trophic cascade is the effect of ________ on _________ correct answerstertiary consumers; the
abundance of primary consumers



Eutrophication processes that have taken place in the Gulf of Mexico and other marine locations are
caused primarily by correct answersnitrates from agricultural applications



What is an example of positive feedback? correct answersthe melting of Arctic sea ice, resulting in
increased solar radiation absorption, and more sea ice melting



A marshland that contains elements of both the forest and a coastal marsh could be called correct
answersan ecotone



What combination of processes can change global species diversity? correct answersspeciation and
extinction



The species most often vulnerable to human impact is the correct answerstop predator



A migratory bat species pollinates cactus plants in northern Mexico on its way to southern Arizona,
where it spends the summer eating insects and reproducing. Farmers spraying pesticides affect these
bats, which eat the insects and also feed them to their young. This scenario best describes correct
answersbioaccumulation



The normal functioning of an ecosystem requires that correct answersmatter be able to be recycled and
energy able to flow through ecosystems

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