Chapter 15 – Population & The Environment

Question 1

What does food scarcity result from?

Answer 1

Inequalities in food distribution rather than overpopulation

Question 2

Our worst environmental problems are the result of what?

Answer 2

Human activity

Question 3

What term refers to the study of the interaction between human behavior and the natural and physical environment?

Answer 3

Environment sociology

Question 4

What assumes humans are part of the environment, and the environment and society can only be fully understood in relation to each other?

Answer 4

Environment sociology

Question 5

What term refers to how low-income people and people of color are disproportionately likely to experience various environmental problems?

Answer 5

Environment inequality

Question 6

What term refers to the greater likelihood of people of color experiencing environment problems?

Answer 6

Environmental racism

Question 7

What is the cause of most air pollution?

Answer 7

The burning of fossil fuels, such as oil, gas, and coal

Question 8

What is the number of people per year globally suffering from infections & diseases resulting from unsafe drinking water & inadequate sanitation?

Answer 8

200 million

Question 9

What is the cause of climate change/global warming?

Answer 9

Trapping of gases in the atmosphere that make the earth warmer