VOCAB1
Resource available in continuous supply for the foreseeable future.
Inexhaustible resource
Natural resources and ecosystem services that keep humans and other species alive and support human economies.
Natural capital
Which of the following is NOT a scientific factor of sustainability?
A. Nonrenewable resources
B. Solar Energy
C. Biodiversity
D. Nutrient Cycle
A. Nonrenewable resources
Environmentalism is an interdisciplinary field of study of how humans interact with the environment.
FALSE
Resource that exists in a fixed amount and takes millions to billions of years to form.
Non-renewable Resource
The capacity of Earth’s natural systems that support life to maintain stability or to adapt to changing environmental conditions indefinitely.
Sustainability
Which of the following is NOT a social factor of sustainability?
A. Economic
B. Biodiversity
C. Political Science
D. Ethics
B. Biodiversity
Materials in nature useful to humans include various kinds of ecosystem services.
TRUE
Material or energy source in nature that is essential or useful to humans.
Natural Resource
Interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment.
Environmental Science
Other sciences that support the three scientific factors of sustainability are physics, biology, and ______.
A. Astronomy
B. Psychology
C. Astrology
D. Chemistry
D. Chemistry
Scientific factors of sustainability include ethics, political science, and economics.
FALSE
SOCIAL FACTORS
Resource that can be replenished rapidly through natural processes as long as it is not used faster than it is replaced.
Renewable Resource
Natural resources include all of the following, EXCEPT:
A. Exhaustible resources
B. Inexhaustible resources
C. Renewable resources
D. Non-renewable resources
A. Exhaustible resources