Sustainability Concepts Quiz

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What is environmental sustainability?

  • Reducing all forms of resource consumption to zero
  • Maintaining rates of renewable resource harvest, pollution creation, and non-renewable resource depletion that can be continued indefinitely (correct)
  • Allowing unlimited resource exploitation without consequences
  • Balancing resource use with occasional periods of overuse

What does economic sustainability refer to?

  • Allowing economic fluctuations without intervention
  • Minimizing economic production to reduce environmental impact
  • Supporting a defined level of economic production indefinitely (correct)
  • Maximizing economic production at any cost

What is social sustainability concerned with?

  • Prioritizing individual well-being over societal well-being
  • Ignoring the impact of social systems on well-being
  • Functioning at a defined level of social well-being indefinitely (correct)
  • Striving for continuous growth at the expense of social systems

Which behavior does sustainability aim to continue indefinitely?

<p>A defined behavior (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the essence of sustainability?

<p>Continuation of defined behaviors and systems indefinitely (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is considered a primary pollutant?

<p>Carbon dioxide (CO2) (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the main nitrogen compounds that contribute to primary pollution?

<p>Ammonia, nitrogen oxides (NOx) (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is an example of particulate matter contributing to primary pollution?

<p>PM10 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of organic compounds contribute to primary pollution?

<p>Saturated, unsaturated, aromatic, and derivative substances (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a halogenated compound contributing to primary pollution?

<p>Chlorine-Fluorine-Carbides – CFC, pesticides, Polychlorinated Biphenyls (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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