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Environmental Change and Challenge, Second Edition - Quiz 14

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Question 1:

As global consumerism increases, private automobile ownership is projected:
a) to rise to about 24 million by 2005
b) to approximately quintuple the 2000 figure
c) to rise by 54 per cent
d) a and b
e) b and c

Question 2:

Some $15 billion is spent globally each year on perfumes. This amount would be enough to pay for the estimated cost of providing reproductive health care for all women and immunizing every child on Earth.
a) True
b) False

Question 3:

The UN Environment Program (UNEP) estimates that:
a) there are now more than 500 international treaties and other agreements related to the environment
b) there are now more than 300 international treaties and other agreements related to the environment
c) some 130 international treaties and other agreements related to the environment have been negotiated in the last 30 years
d) there have been 100 rule changes in US legislation that have reduced environmental protection since George W. Bush became president in 2001
e) none of the above

Question 4:

According to the Wellbeing Index:
a) countries with low energy consumption also had low well-being
b) energy consumption has no correlation to the well-being of a country
c) the United States has the world's second-highest per-capita energy consumption
d) all of the above
e) b and c

Question 5:

For some semblance of sustainability and equity to emerge worldwide, it is calculated that material consumption in wealthier nations would have to be reduced by:
a) 90 per cent
b) 80 per cent
c) 70 per cent
d) 60 per cent
e) 50 per cent

Question 6:

Over the past 10 years, what percentage of Canadians polled say that environmental problems will have either a great deal or a fair amount of an effect on the health of future generations?
a) 50 per cent
b) 60 per cent
c) 70 per cent
d) 80 per cent
e) 90 per cent

Question 7:

In keeping with Canada's endorsement of Agenda 21, some 28 federal government departments and agencies were required to submit sustainable development strategies in 1998 and again in 2001
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

In what way was the Throne Speech in 2003 significant for Canada's national parks system?
a) the government pledged to create 15 new national parks by 2010
b) the government pledged to create 10 new national parks and 5 new national Marine Conservation Areas by 2010
c) the government promised to abolish predator control programs in 10 national parks
d) all of the above
e) none of the above

Question 9:

Over the past decade, Canada's greenhouse gas emissions have increased at the rate of population growth and total domestic energy consumption.
a) True
b) False

Question 10:

One-quarter of all energy used in Canada can be attributed to:
a) power generation
b) transport
c) residential heating and electricity use
d) commerical and industrial heating and air conditioning systems
e) none of the above

Question 11:

Half of all primate species are in danger of becoming extinct over the next decade.
a) True
b) False