Sustainable Development: Resource Use and Ecological Footprint Quiz
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What is the term used to describe resource use in the context of sustainable development?

  • Regulating services
  • Ecological footprint (correct)
  • Provisioning
  • Ecosystem services

    • Which term refers to the amount of material or resources that flow through a system?

  • Ecosystem services
  • Throughput (correct)
  • Provisioning
  • Cultural services

    • What does 'Tragedy of the Commons' refer to?

  • The overuse of shared resources and its negative consequences (correct)
  • The amount of material or resources that flow through a system
  • Ecosystem services provided by environmental systems
  • The protection of ecosystem services over the long term

    • Which type of services includes water purification and production of food and oxygen by plants?

    <p>Supporting services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of household tends to produce little waste according to the text?

    <p>A household that consumes very little</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term refers to recreational and aesthetic services provided by nature?

    <p>Cultural services</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Hardin propose as the two ways to avoid destruction of resources?

    <p>A system of private property or coercive regulation by the state</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what conditions can help communities manage their commons over the long term?

    <p>Effective and inexpensive monitoring of resource use, ability to exclude outsiders, and frequent face-to-face communications</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of institution is suggested as best for managing a global commons like climate or biodiversity?

    <p>Country and international level policy changes as suggested by Garret Hardin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many major systems with critical thresholds were identified in the concept of planetary boundaries?

    <p>Nine major systems with critical thresholds were identified</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who are often considered as the guardians of little-disturbed habitats that are refuges for rare and endangered species?

    <p>Indigenous peoples</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the text, what is one way to think about environmental services?

    <p>Planetary boundaries or thresholds of abrupt or irreversible environmental change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did Ostrom suggest as the preferred approach for managing a global commons like climate or biodiversity?

    <p>Investing in smaller, local, even individual policy changes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Johan Rockström and colleagues, how do these overshoots in planetary boundaries affect ecosystems?

    <p>&quot;Cause rapid declines in ecosystem function and ecosystem services&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the alternative perspective to Hardin’s framework for avoiding destruction of resources?

    <p>&quot;Strategies for managing the commons; that is, for collectively safeguarding commonly used resources&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    "What conditions can help communities manage their commons over the long term?"

    <p>&quot;Effective and inexpensive monitoring of resource use; an ability to exclude outsiders; frequent face-to-face communications and strong social networks among users&quot;</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main challenge in collecting data in the Serengeti ecosystem?

    <p>Tracking the movements and behaviors of animals, especially at night</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does science rely on, according to the text?

    <p>Careful observation and testing of ideas with observable evidence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of graduate student research and other projects mentioned in the text?

    <p>Understanding more of the ecological structure of the system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do predator and prey species shift over time in response to, according to the text?

    <p>Droughts and poachers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of mining the rich data source mentioned in the text for graduate student research and other projects?

    <p>To understand more of the ecological structure of the system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the assumption on which science is based, according to the text?

    <p>The world is knowable and can be learned about through careful observation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process that helps in maintaining good standards in study design, data collection, and interpretation of results?

    <p>The peer review process</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of reasoning involves logical reasoning from general to specific?

    <p>Deductive reasoning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does precision refer to in the context of scientific research?

    <p>Repeatability of results and level of detail</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of developing a testable hypothesis in scientific research?

    <p>To provide a testable explanation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do many tests supporting an explanation and consensus among experts lead to in scientific research?

    <p>A scientific theory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does understanding probability help to reduce in scientific research?

    <p>Uncertainty</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which characteristic makes it almost always easier to prove a hypothesis wrong in scientific research?

    <p>Skepticism</p> Signup and view all the answers

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