Chem321:Quiz01

This quiz is simply to help you apply what you have learned in Unit 1. It does not carry a grade in itself, but taking the quiz can be expected to boost your score in the tests and assignments. You should feel free to look things up in the books, the Internet, or in the Powerpoint for Unit 1. Questions are taken directly from Hill and from the Powerpoint slides. <quiz display=simple> The most common definition of sustainable development states: Meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. Where is this originally taken from? |type="()"} - Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, 1962 || Wrong! See Hill, p4. - Small is Beautiful by E. F. Schumacher, 1973 || Wrong! See Hill, p4. Schumacher is mentioned on p3. + Our Common Future (The Brundtland Report), 1987 || Correct! - Rio Earth Summit (1992) || Close, but not quite right- Rio is where the Brundtland Report recommendations on sustainable development were adopted by the UN. - Kyoto Protocol (1997) || Wrong! See Hill, p4. Kyoto is mentioned on p295. </quiz> <quiz display=simple> According to Paul Ehrlich, what is a fairly optimistic carrying capacity for the Earth, in terms of human population? |type="()"} - 100,000 || Wrong! See Unit 1 Powerpoint. - 30 million || Wrong! See Unit 1 Powerpoint. - 200 million || Wrong! See Unit 1 Powerpoint. - 700 million || Wrong! See Unit 1 Powerpoint. + 2 billion || Correct!