4.Which is the best description of sustainable development?A. using renewable resources at a rate faster than they can be replacedB. using resources without destroying or depleting them, while providing for human needsC. using renewable resources to satisfy human needs, while ignoring the needs of other livingorganismsD. using nonrenewable resources without care for their consumption

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5. What is the importance of Environmental impact Assessment for The sustainable development of every community?
2. Choose one of the following resources: timber, fish, soil, water, or fossil fuels. Discuss current problems having to do with the use and management of the resource, and approaches that have been taken to resolve the problems.
D. glo 5. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an invasive species? A. They grow rapidly and outcompete with other plants or animals B. They produce large numbers of seeds/offspring at a young age C. They have very specific needs or requirements to survive 6. Which of the following was NOT a cascade effect from introducing wolves into Yellowstone? A. The change in the shape/path of the river B. The change in elk grazing areas C. Destruction of the Yellowstone ecosystem D. Reduction in the coyote population, inereasing the raptor populaties 37. Which of the following are things you can do to help preserve biodiversity? A. Volunteer with citizen science or other organizations like it B. Buy park passes and visit the parks respectfully C. Live more sustainably by making eco-friendly eonsumer choices D. All of the above
1. The community and abiotic factors in a contagious area._____ 2. Transformations of energy always result in some loss or dissipation of energy. _____ 3. A species makes the largest contribution to energy flow or mineral cycling._____
1. The use of land is determined by physical and human factors. A. True B. False 2. Waste that is not biodegradable and cannot properly be recycled is filling our oceans and landfills, thus killing wildlife animals. A. True B. False
The quantitative estimate of the total amount of living material is called (a) biomass (b) energy flow (c) gross primary productivity (d) plant respiration (e) net primary productivity
The study of nutrient cycling though the environment is an example of which of the following? organismal ecology population ecology community ecology ecosystem ecology
The loss of an apex consumer would impact which trophic level of a food web? primary producers primary consumers secondary consumers all of the above
The maximum growth rate characteristic of a species is called its _________. a. limit b. carrying capacity c. biotic potential d. exponential growth pattern
The amount of energy available at the highest trophic level in an ecosystem is determined by: a. only the gross primary productivity of the ecosystem. b. only the net primary productivity of the ecosystem. c. the gross primary productivity and the standing crop biomass. d. the net primary productivity and the ecological efficiencies of herbivores. e. the net primary productivity and the ecological efficiencies at all lower trophic levels.
b) how do we maintain a sustainable natural income.
C. Legally protecting endangered species D. Regulating hunting and fishing 34. A wooded area has been divided by a housing development and is threatenin What term is used to describe this threat from human activities? A. habitat fragmentation B. acid precipitation C. habitat augmentation D. global warming 35. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an invasive species? A. They grow rapidly and outcompete with other plants or animals B. They produce large numbers of seeds/offspring at a young age C. They have very specific needs or requirements to survive 36. Which of the following was NOT a cascade effect from introducing wolv A. The change in the shape/path of the river B. The change in elk grazing areas C. Destruction of the Yellowstone ecosystem P. Reduction in the coyote population, increasing the raptor populat

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