Solutions to Environmental and Sustainability Problems
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What is the main focus of Unit Six in the text?

  • Analyzing the global impact of environmental problems (correct)
  • Highlighting the importance of environmental education
  • Discussing the challenges of sustainability
  • Exploring environmentally friendly indigenous practices

Why have environmental problems become globalized, according to the text?

  • Mainly due to the lack of environmental education
  • Because of the disproportionate contribution of some societies (correct)
  • Due to the unequal distribution of resources
  • As a result of unsustainable indigenous practices

What does the text suggest about national environmental policy?

  • It is ineffective in addressing global environmental problems (correct)
  • It can solve all global environmental challenges on its own
  • It is successful in preventing irreversible ecological harm
  • It can only tackle locally occurring environmental problems

What is the possible consequence of globally occurring environmental problems?

<p>Irreversible ecological harm (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to the text, why might some societies have contributed disproportionately to current environmental problems?

<p>Linked to the rising strain caused by unsolved issues (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the text imply about approaching global environmental problems?

<p>They require different approaches compared to local problems (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which factors are often evaluated as a function of population, consumption, and technology in the 'environment formula'?

<p>Population growth, increasing affluence, and environmentally unsound technology (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main environmental problem discussed at the moment?

<p>Climate change (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main effect of the depletion of the ozone layer?

<p>Harmful UV rays reaching the Earth's surface (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity embrace?

<p>Animal and plant species, genetic variability within the species, and earth's ecosystems (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the 'environment formula' take into account?

<p>Economic and technological forces driving global environmental degradation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the climatically active Green House Gases disrupting?

<p>Earth's thermal balance (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What environmental problem is being discussed at the moment and has observable ecological and social effects?

<p>Climate change (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which substances contribute to ozone layer depletion?

<p>Chlorofluorocarbons (CFC) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is biodiversity loss a result of?

<p>Increasing population growth (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is being disrupted by climatically active Green House Gases?

<p>Global mean surface temperature (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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