Sustainability Vocabulary Quiz Review

Question 1

All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country.

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Population

Question 2

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

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Environment

Question 3

The branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another/surroundings.

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Ecology

Question 4

The way in which a person or group lives

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Lifestyle

Question 5

Materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and fertile land that occur in nature

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Natural Resources

Question 6

A measure of human demand on the Earth's ecosystems.

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Ecological Footprint

Question 7

The philosophy of designing physical objects to comply with certain principles

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Sustainable Design

Question 8

Convert waste into reusable material.

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Recycling

Question 9

A dunghill or refuse heap

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Midden

Question 10

The wealth and resources of a country or region in terms of the production/consumption of goods

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Economy

Question 11

Proper disposition of a discarded or discharged materials according to guidelines and laws.

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Waste Disposal

Question 12

The state of great comfort and extravagant living.

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Luxury

Question 13

A method of harvesting or using a resource so that the resource is not depleted or damaged

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Sustainability

Question 14

Change in the statistical properties of the climate system over periods of decades

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Climate Change

Question 15

The disposal of refuse and other waste material by burying it and covering it over with soil.

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Landfill

Question 16

An equitable distribution of burdens and benefits to groups such as racial minorities, etc.

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Environmental Justice

Question 17

An apparatus for burning waste material at high temperatures until it is reduced to ash.

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Incinerator

Question 18

The fact of being required or indispensable.

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Necessity

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