Environmental Science Toward A Sustainable Future 11th Edition Notes

Environmental Science Toward A Sustainable Future 11th Edition Notes

1 To say that environmental science is mission oriented means it is A) a highly organized endeavor. B) essentially an information gathering endeavor. C) oriented toward solving problems. D) designed to understand relationships. 2 The main problem facing environmental science is to identify A) how environmental problems occur B) socially acceptable solutions to environmental problems C) practical solutions to environmental problems D) all of the above 3 ____________is considered the catalyst of modern awareness of the threat of toxic pollution and the notion of environmentalism. A) Teddy Roosevelt B) Rachel Carson C) Gifford Pinchot D) John Muir 4 About ____________ of the world's people currently lack access to clean water, adequate diet, basic sanitation, and other essential needs.

A) 10 million B) 100 million C) 500 million D) 1 billion 5 Sustainable development means A) improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future. B) providing ever-increasing amounts of adequate housing. C) continued growth indefinitely. D) utilizing an ever-increasing quantity of natural resources. Download Cso Psp Highly Compressed. 6 Indigenous peoples are important in environmental considerations because A) their homelands contain natural habitats least disturbed by humans. B) their homelands contain a huge proportion of earth's biodiversity.

Apr 26, 2016. Textbook Environmental Science: Toward a sustainable future By Wright and Boorse 2014 12th Edition. Understanding of sound science, stewardship, and sustainability in environmental sciences; interactions. All lecture materials, power points, notes, study guides, reading materials are. Environmental Science, 11th Edition (Cunningham). Chapter 1: Understanding Our. A), improving people's lives in the present in a way that can continue far into the future. B), providing. An important reason for determining the size of a society's ecological footprint is to determine the sustainability of its life style.

C) their languages represent encoded knowledge of nature that is irreplaceable. D) all of the above are correct. 7 The earliest documented recognition that misuse of the natural environment can have nasty consequences was A) George Perkins Marsh's 1864 publication of (ital)Man and Nature(/ital). B) Rachel Carson's (ital)Silent Spring(/ital), alerting the public to the dangers of pollution in 1962. C) Roosevelt's warnings about overuse a century ago. D) Plato's writings 2500 years ago. 8 The human development index, used as a general indicator of human wellbeing, is based on measures such as A) the number of TV sets, VCRs, and CD players per household.