BBE Quiz UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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BBE Quiz UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
According to Dave Morris's 'The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy', "In 1820,
Americans used two tons of [plant matter] for every one ton of [coal/oil]... But by 1975
Americans used ________ ton(s) of [coal/oil] for every one ton ...
BBE Quiz UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
According to Dave Morris's 'The Once and Future Carbohydrate Economy', "In 1820,
Americans used two tons of [plant matter] for every one ton of [coal/oil]... But by 1975
Americans used ________ ton(s) of [coal/oil] for every one ton of [plant matter]." -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Eight
Natural Resources Include - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Land
Water
Fossil Fuels
Non-metallic minerals
Metallic minerals
Air
The US is a net exporter of iron ore - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
According to the 2017 U.S. Energy Information Administration's report on proven crude oil
reserves by country, the top two countries are 1. Venezuela and 2. Saudi Arabia. Which
country ranks third for largest volume of proven reserves? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Canada
Biorenewable resources are a subset of nonrenewable resources - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
False
In the Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise (IPP) text the author wrote that the three pillars of
sustainability are ecology, economy and society. What was his point? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- A healthy society must balance economics with the environmental protection
In the book "The Irresponsible Pursuit of Paradise" the author suggests that all of the
products we consume have their origin in ________________. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Mining, Forest Harvesting, or Agriculture
,In his video Hans Rosling indicated that 1/7th of the population (1 billion of the total of 7
billion) use about ________ of the energy. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 50%
What was the current R/P ratio for crude oil in 2010? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- About 43
years
The graph showing the % consumption of various materials from the developed nations was
super interesting. It showed that these countries often consumed about 50% of the global
resources yet represent only about _______% of the global population. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 11%
According to Hans Rosling, how many people live below the poverty line and don't have
electricity? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 2 billion
Assume the Proven Reserves of the mineral bambium are 50 tons and the consumption rate of
bambium is 2 tons per year. What is the R/P ratio? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 25 years
How to calculate R/P ratio - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Proven reserves / consumption rate
If someone asked you if we should be concerned about running out of petroleum (crude oil)
in about 40 years what would your response be? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- No probably
not. We really will never run out of anything -- it may get unrealistic with expense but we
won't run out
In the video Hans talked about the 4 billion people that live between the poverty line and "the
airline". Of these 4 billion about how many people have washing machines? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 1 billion
Globally consumption of minerals is about 12 tons per person per year. However, this is
slightly misleading because - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- wealthy developed countries
consume much more and poorer countries consume much less
Figure 2 showed the % consumption of different resources for the developed nations. It
showed that in the year 2010 these countries consumed about __________ of the global
petroleum consumption. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 50%
, Assume the world population at the end of 2017 was 7.4 billion people. The population
growth rate in 2018 is 1.07%. How many more people were on the planet at the end of 2018?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 80 million more
One of the big environmental issues with mining of metals is the tailing ponds. What are
"tailings"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The leftover crushed rock after the metals are
extracted.
When people talk about "ore" what are they referring to? If you don't know, you may need to
google it. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- A naturally occurring solid material from which a
metal or valuable mineral can be profitably extracted.
Which impact is most important? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- impacts to human health
What example was used to explain the concept 'it takes more resources to extract more
resources"? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Mountaintop coal mining
Which of the following reasons were given for why countries import resources? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Cheaper because of cheap labor, no local supply, cheaper because of relaxed
environmental regulations
From the video, the taconite in the Mesabi formation contains about ___% iron. - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- 30%
The Mesabi Iron Range mine video spent some time highlighting the steps the company took
to protect the environment. - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- True
Because we are starting to see consumption as the problem Chapter 7 suggested a couple of
options: recycling and materials use efficiency. What best describes materials use efficiency?
- CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Building the same product with less material
Chapter 7 of our text quoted _______(what author)____ when they cited "The tendency for
environmental impacts to rise as ore quality and accessibility decline suggests there are limits
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