The Environmental Challenge
9 Questions
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Questions and Answers
- 1.
Most environmental damage caused by people in the developed world is attributable to:
- A.
Automobiles
- B.
Industrial pollutants
- C.
High consumption patterns
Correct Answer
C. High consumption patterns -
- 2.
North Americans consume how much more energy per person than Africans?
- A.
2 times as much
- B.
8 times as much
- C.
15 times as much
Correct Answer
C. 15 times as much -
- 3.
How many cars are there in China for every thousand people?
- A.
15 cars
- B.
200 cars
- C.
600 cars
Correct Answer
A. 15 cars -
- 4.
While wealth and related high levels of consumption can lead to environmental damage, so too can poverty. Poor rural families are more likely, for example, to engage in slash-and-burn agriculture and pollute local water resources. What percent of the world's people lives on less than US$1 a day?
- A.
23 percent
- B.
70 percent
- C.
82 percent
Correct Answer
A. 23 percent -
- 5.
Earth's freshwater resources are finite. If current consumption rates remain the same, what percent of annual available freshwater will the world's population use in 2025?
- A.
54 percent
- B.
70 percent
- C.
90 percent
Correct Answer
B. 70 percent -
- 6.
How many people in the world today are chronically undernourished?
- A.
34 million
- B.
300 million
- C.
826 million
Correct Answer
C. 826 million -
- 7.
At the end of the 20th century, the average population density around the world was 45 people per sq. km. What was it in Bangladesh?
- A.
180
- B.
958
- C.
6,499
Correct Answer
B. 958 -
- 8.
In the 1950's economist Simon Kuznets charted the relationship between industrialization and pollution. He found that as nations industrialize, pollution levels:
- A.
Rise steadily
- B.
Initially rise, then peak and decline
- C.
Rise slowly, then increase dramatically
Correct Answer
B. Initially rise, then peak and decline -
- 9.
"Carrying capacity" is the maximum number of animals of a species that a habitat can support indefinitely. What is Earth's carrying capacity for humans?
- A.
13.4 billion
- B.
33 billion
- C.
It may be impossible to calculate.
Correct Answer
C. It may be impossible to calculate. -
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