PSYC315 weekly quizzes
The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring process that stabilizes atmospheric temperatures. Why,
then, is this theory used to support global climate change? - correct answer ✔✔Because the burning of
fossil fuels has created an unprecedented increase in levels of greenhouse gases which is correlated to
planetary warming patterns
Which of the following poses a threat to healthy topsoil? - correct answer ✔✔Monocultural plantings
According to the IPAT model, "P" stands for - correct answer ✔✔Human "population" level
Carbon sequestration refers to - correct answer ✔✔The removal and storage of atmospheric CO2
According to the textbook, environmental problems are really behavioural problems, because they are
caused by - correct answer ✔✔The ecologically incompatible beliefs, values, and worldviews and actions
of humans.
Carrying capacity is - correct answer ✔✔the term used by biologists to describe the maximum number
of any species a habitat can support
If everyone in the world has an ecological footprint similar to that of a typical North American - global
society would overshoot the planet's biocapacity __________ - correct answer ✔✔four fold
Exponential growth is deceptive because - correct answer ✔✔It starts off slowly, but accelerates quickly
The lifestyles of citizens in contemporary industrialised nations demand over ______ kilocalories per
person, per day. During the hunter-gatherer era, about 1 million years ago, each person consumed a
daily average of about _____ kilocalories for all their activities - correct answer ✔✔600,000; 2,000
