Unit 1-Introduction Material

Question 1

Who is Jane Goodall?

Answer 1

Scientists who works with apes and originates in Winnipeg.

Question 2

When did human population growth really take off?

Answer 2

The 20th century.

Question 3

In 1950 we had a world population of 3 billion. What has the population increased to today?

Answer 3

8 billion.

Question 4

World population will climb over 9.8 billion in what year?

Answer 4

2050

Question 5

In what year was the world population 1 billion?

Answer 5

1800

Question 6

80% of Canadians and Americans live in what kind of area?

Answer 6

Cities and suburbs.

Question 7

What kind of curve was the back half of the 20th century?

Answer 7

J-curve.

Question 8

What is a “population crash”?

Answer 8

When the world’s resources can no longer support the current population.

Question 9

How many planet earths would be required if we all lived the way North Americans live?

Answer 9

5 earhs.

Question 10

How many times faster are humans causing animals to go extinct compared to their natural rate?

Answer 10

1000 times their natural rate.

Question 11

What mineral are cell phones primarily made of? What is this minerals full name:

Answer 11

Coltan- full name Columbite-Tantalite

Question 12

Which country holds 80% of the worlds supply of Coltan?

Answer 12

The Democratic Republic of Congo.

Question 13

True or False: Coltan is cold resistant and can hold a high electrical charge.

Answer 13

False: Coltan is heat resistant and can hold a high electrical charge.

Question 14

True or False: We are starting to see a decrease in the number of children a family will have on average.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

What is the largest issue pertaining to the argument we are at the point where would could change to renewable energy?

Answer 15

It would be a huge financial loss to oil companies.

Question 16

There is a direct correlation between oil and what?

Answer 16

Our ecological footprint.

Question 17

Which country has the largest ecological footprint?

Answer 17

Qatar

Question 18

1 in 5 people have no access to what kind of water?

Answer 18

Clean water.

Question 19

2 in 5 people have no adequate what?

Answer 19

Sanitation

Question 20

True or False: 50% of the Earth’s land surface is unchanged by humans.

Answer 20

False: 17% of the land surface is unchanged by humans.

Question 21

In a percentage how much of the Earth’s forests are gone?

Answer 21

50%.

Question 22

In the past 5 years how much have our CO2 emissions increased?

Answer 22

17 ppm

Question 23

What accounts for 51% of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions?

Answer 23

Livestock and their by-products.

Question 24

How many farm animals are raised a year for food?

Answer 24

70 billion

Question 25

In the past 650 000 years, methane concentrations are at an all time____.

Answer 25

High

Question 26

What is Nitrous Oxide?

Answer 26

It is the by-product of feedlots, chemical manufacturing plants, auto emissions, and synthetic nitrogen fertilizers.

Question 27

Since 1750 how much have nitrous oxide concentrations increased by?

Answer 27

36%

Question 28

How many years was the Earths climate stable for?

Answer 28

11 000 years

Question 29

What is the Earth’s average temperature?

Answer 29

14 degrees Celsius

Question 30

What has the Earths global temperature increased by? What is it predicted to increase by by the end of the century?

Answer 30

0.7 degrees Celsius- predicted to increase by between 1 and 6 degrees Celsius.

Question 31

100 million people live within how many feet of the sea level?

Answer 31

3 feet.

Question 32

How many species have become extinct due to ocean pollution?

Answer 32

1 million

Question 33

What species are undergoing their highest bleaching and dying rate since 1980?

Answer 33

Coral Reefs