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Finiteness of Resources

This document appears to be a quiz on environmental science and sustainability. It contains 31 multiple choice questions testing knowledge about topics like overfishing, fossil fuel depletion, poverty, hunger indicators, mining, and the importance of forest ecosystems. The questions assess understanding of issues around the finiteness of resources and how human activities impact environments and societies.

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S-SCEN001TP BSA34 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE 2nd Sem ( 2022-2023 )


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Question 1
Overfishing can destroy the environment and marine ecology and completely disrupt the food chain.

Response: True

Question 2
A key contributory factor to hunger is mining.

Response: False

Question 3
Cost of extraction will not be a limiting factor in the supply and cost of oil products.

Response: False
Question 4
The food system is unaffected by the world population growth, increased food demand, scarcity of water and land resources; and larger
spread of arable land vis-à-vis bio-fuels, industry and urbanization.

Response: False

Question 5
Fossil fuels are the cheapest source of energy so far.

Response: True

Question 6
Overfishing leads to a decline in the population of productive fish, which results in lesser stocking of the fish.

Response: True

Question 7
The food system is intensely challenged by the world population growth, increased food demand, scarcity of water and land resources; and
larger spread of arable land vis-à-vis bio-fuels, industry and urbanization.

Response: True

Question 8
Without fish production, fisheries are gone and fishermen lose their livelihood.

Response: True

Question 9
One social cost of fossil fuel depletion is that it is profit-driven and production is not accessible to all.

Response: True

Question 10
Minerals are usually inorganic substances occurring in nature that has a definite chemical composition and distinct physical properties.

Response: True

Question 11
One social cost of mining is once minerals are depleted, no more revenues.

Response: False

Question 12
Cost of extraction shall be the limiting factor in the supply and cost of oil products.

Response: True

Question 13
Minerals are the cheapest source of energy so far.
Response: False

Question 14
Identify the Global Hunger Indicators stated below.

Response: low weight for their height, reflecting acute undernutrition => Child wasting

Response: low height for their age, reflecting chronic undernutrition => Child stunting

Response: under-five mortality rate, refers to the probability of dying between birth and exactly five years of age expressed per 1,000 live
births => Child mortality

Response: children whose caloric intake is insufficient => Undernourishment

Response: makes children in particular much more vulnerable to disease and death =>

Question 15
Oil extracted cannot be replenished.

Response: True

Question 16
Deforestation is caused by shifting cultivation, land use conversion, forest fires, illegal logging and 40 million m3 of fuelwood harvested
each year.

Response: True

Question 17
Climate control and modification is an example of the importance of Forest Ecosystems.

Response: True

Question 18
Poverty is experienced all through-out the world.

Response: True

Question 19
The increase in prices of food is being felt the most by the millions of the poorest people.

Response: True

Question 20
Oil extracted can be replenished.

Response: False

Question 21
One social cost of mining is the loss of the cultural value of ancestral lands.

Response: True
Question 22
One environmental cost of mining is the loss of the cultural value of ancestral lands.

Response: False

Question 23
Global warming is an example of the importance of Forest Ecosystems.

Response: False

Question 24
Poverty is a deprivation of one’s basic needs due to lack of money to buy services or lack of access to services.

Response: True

Question 25
A key contributory factor to hunger is poverty.

Response: True

Question 26
A key contributory factor to hunger is overfishing.

Response: False

Question 27
One cost of fossil fuel depletion is the employment of locals.

Response: False

Question 28
One benefit of fossil fuel depletion is the employment of locals.

Response: True

Question 29
These importance of the forest ecosystems when given a monetary value or the cost of benefits is accounted it is called the value of
ecosystem services of the forest.

Response: True

Question 30
One economic cost of mining is once minerals are depleted, no more revenues.

Response: True

Question 31
One social cost of mining is that it is profit-driven and production is not accessible to all.
Response: False

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