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Which of the following is NOT a reason to make your campus sustainable? A) Reducing the ecological footprint of a campus can really make a difference

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1. Which of the following is NOT a reason to make your campus sustainable?
   A) Reducing the ecological footprint of a campus can really make a difference.
   B) Campus sustainability efforts make students aware of the need to address environmental problems.
   C) Campus sustainability efforts are required for graduation in many colleges.
   D) Students who engage in sustainability efforts learn and grow as a result.
2. Which of the following ways is NOT helpful towards reaching sustainability?
   A) Use water efficiently
   B) Conserve energy
   C) Promote renewable energy
   D) Use fossil fuels
3. How can campuses become more sustainable?
   A) Recycle paper
   B) Buy goods with less packaging
   C) Grow some of the food used in dining halls
   D) All of the above
4. Which of the following is NOT a major approach to sustainability?
   A) Reduce unnecessary consumption.
   B) Limit population growth.
   C) Listen to politicians and policymakers - they have our best interests at heart.
   D) Think in the long term.
5. To achieve sustainability, human systems should:
   A) Mimic linear ecological systems
   B) Use only positive feedback loops
   C) Use raw materials that flow into landfills
   D) Use circular material flows that mimic environmental systems
6. What has accounted for the majority of the world's population growth in recent years?
   a) Women are having more babies
   b) Death rates have dropped due to technology, medicine, and food
   c) More women are using contraceptives
   d) Nothing, the population has dropped in recent years
7. According to the I = P x A x T formula, what would happen if China's 1 billion people had a lifestyle like Americans?
   a) Their population would automatically drop
   b) Their population would automatically increase
   c) Their affluence and technology would increase
   d) Their impact on the environment would even out
8. How have humans been able to raise the environment's carrying capacity for our species?
   a) Through technology
   b) By eliminating limiting factors
   c) Through increased consumption
   d) Spending more money on non-essential resources
9. Areas that lack significant numbers of people, and have a low population density are:
   a) No longer available
   b) Best able to support higher densities of people
   c) Sensitive areas least able to support high densities of people
   d) Located around tropical and grassland areas
10. Describe the relationship between growth rates and population size.
    a) Falling growth rates automatically mean a smaller population.
    b) Falling growth rates automatically mean a larger population.
    c) Falling growth rates mean we no longer have a population problem.
    d) Falling growth rates do not mean a smaller population, but that rates of increase are slowing.