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 Question 1
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It is one of the reasons why greenhouse gas emissions are causing changes in global climate.

greenhouse effect

human activity

energy consumption

 Question 2
1 out of 1 points
 Which of the following is Millennium Development Goal #7 in 2012 World Summit on Sustainable
Development?

Ensure environmental sustainability

 Question 3
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These are ambitious agenda for reducing poverty and improving lives based on what the world leaders agreed
on in the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development.
sustainable development goals
sustainable development
Millennium Development Goals

 Question 4
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 It commits reduction of 80%overall reduction on CO2 emissions by 2050.

low carbon economy

The 2 Percent Solution
two percent solution

 Question 5
1 out of 1 points
 It refers to the upper limit to population or community size (e.g. biomass) imposed through environmental
resistance

carrying capacity

 Question 6
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following triggered the interest in sustainability?
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leak of poisonous gas from a chemical plant in Bhopal, India

the explosion and radioactive release from Chernobyl

the hole in the Antarctic ozone layer

All of the above

 Question 7
2 out of 2 points
How many Millennium Development Goals were set by world leaders in the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development?

 Question 8
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It is the amount of energy required in the life cycle stages of acquisition of raw materials manufacturing, use,
and end of life.

energy consumption

embodied energy

 Question 9
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 Which of the following is not a principle of Sustainability?
 responsibilities and accountability of policy makers
 inter-generational transfers of resources
preservation of environment at all cost
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 Question 10
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It is  a measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
ecological footprint
ecofootprint

 Question 11
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It is critical component of quality of life and describes what is desirable to most people.
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Economical
Environment
Aesthetic richness

 Question 12
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Where was the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development held in South Africa?

johannesburg

JOHANNESBURG

Johannesburg

 Question 13
1 out of 1 points
 It is the growth of megacities and known to be one of the major activities causing environmental
degradation.

URBANIZATION
urbanization

 Question 14
1 out of 1 points
 It is the blue print of Earth Summit on Sustainable Development.
 Agenda 21

 Question 15
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•It is an influential book published in 1972 by the Club of Rome ( a group of 30

individuals from 10 countries organized in 1968 to discuss the present and
future predicament of the human race

limits to growth
THE LIMITS TO GROWTH
the limits to growth
The Limits to Growth

 Question 16
2 out of 2 points
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It describes the relationship where individuals or organizations consume shared resources (for
example: freshwater, fish) and then return their wastes back into the shared resource (air, land). This arises when
each individual or organization fails to recognize that everyone else is acting in the same way.

tragedy of the Commons

 Question 17
1 out of 1 points
 Which of the following thermodynamic property is the ultimate measure of environmental degradation?

entropy

 Question 18
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 Which of the following is not a tool of Industrial Ecology?

ISO14000
Cost Benefit Analysis

Environmental Management System

Quality Management System

 Question 19
1 out of 1 points
 It describes the relationship where individuals or organizations consume shared resources and then return
their wastes back into the shared resource when each individual or organization fails to recognize that everyone else is
acting in the same way.

tragedy of the commons

 Question 20
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It meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of the future to meet its needs.

sustainable development

 Question 21
1 out of 1 points
 It is the science that developed from introducing the systems framework into industry.

industrial ecology

 Question 22
2 out of 2 points
It refers to growth of mega cities. 
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urbanization

 Question 23
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 It is created when several industries work together making it possible that an industry's waste products
can be used as the raw materials for others or to have more efficient use of waste heating and cooling water and using
combined waste treatment facilities.

INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
eco parks

 Question 24
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Where was the 1992 Earth Summit held in Brazil?

RIO DE JANEIRO

rio de janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

tama naman sagot pero…. Ugh hahaha

 Question 25
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It refers to the local heating of urban areas.

heat island effect

HEAT ISLAND EFFECT

Urban Heat Island

 Question 26
2 out of 2 points
It refers to the upper limit to population or community size (e.g. biomass) imposed through environmental
resistance.

carrying capacity

 Question 27
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It sets forth goals and recommendations related to environmental, economic, and social issues.

sustainable developmentsustainable development goals

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Agenda 21

agenda 21

 Question 28
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A country is defined as experiencing water _______ when an annual water supplies drop below 1,700 m3 per
person.
stress

 Question 29
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It generally refers to countries that have reached relatively high levels of economic achievement through
advanced production, increased per capita income and consumption, and continued utilization of natural and
human resources.

developed countries

developed country

 Question 30
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These chemicals like Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) and endocrine disruptors pose significant risks to
ecosystem function and human health as they cycle through natural and human systems.

Anthropogenic pollutants

endocrine disrupting chemicals

toxic

 Question 31
0 out of 1 points
 It is the critical component of an ecosystem.

abiotic components
ABIOTIC COMPONENTS

human

 Question 32
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 Engineers have direct effect on the following except _______.

Natural systems
Product distribution
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 Question 33
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It is one of the several revolutions occurring over the past 10,000 years that have changed how humans interact
with natural systems.

climate change

CLIMATE CHANGE

Population

sustainability revolution

 Question 34
1 out of 1 points

•It is a s  ignificant convention because for the 1st time, it added the environment  to the

list of global problems and r esulted in the creation of the United Nations
Environment Programme (UNEP).

stockholm convention

 Question 35
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A country is defined as experiencing water _______ when an annual water supplies drop below 1, 000 m3 per
person.

scarcity
SCARCITY
Water scarcity
scarce

 Question 36
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It is any natural resource that is depleted at a rate slower than the rate at which it regenerates or that is unlikely
to be depleted in the conceivable future.

renewable resource

 Question 37
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 It is a tool of Industrial Ecology considered to be a well-developed field and a proven success with cleaner
technologies as it focuses on design of industrial processes to eliminate waste.

environmental management system

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discipline tool
life cycle assessment

 Question 38
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 It is the industrial system that seeks to optimize the total materials cycle from virgin material, to finished
material, to component, to product, to obsolete product, to ultimate disposal.

industrial ecology
INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY
Industrial Ecology
Ecology

 Question 39
0 out of 2 points
This refers to a country that has not reached the stage of economic development characterized by the growth of
industrialization. 

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

developing country

 Question 40
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It refers to the solution to impacts of global warming where everyone is required to cut his/her
CO2 emmissions by 2 percent a year from now until 2050. This can reduce by 80% the overall emissions by
2050

two percent solution

The 2 Percent Solution
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sustainability