The tragedy of the commons is an important concept related to environmental degradation and human behavior. Which of the following best describes this concept?
A. When a common disease spreads through society due to poor sanitation.
B. When the self interest of individuals destroys natural resources being shared by society.
C. When humans overreact to an environmental threat and then limit economic growth.
D. When over population creates living conditions that lower the quality of life.
E. When humans act irrationally during a large-scale natural disaster.
Answer: B
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Which best describes a community-supported agriculture program?
A. Individuals pay a set amount to get a certain amount of produce from a local farmer once a week. B. Everybody in the community is required to spend a few hours cultivating a communal garden. C. People in the community grow their own food. D. Food is bought by the community from large industrial farms and distributed to the poor.
Construction of a dam results in
A) an increase in the total amount of water flowing downstream of the dam.
B) increased erosion by clear water released from the dam.
C) the dam releasing water that contains more sediment than carried by the river before the dam was constructed.
D) increased erosion where the stream channel meets the reservoir.
The ________ drives the exogenic processes of the rock cycle
A) atmospheric circulation B) rock cycle C) hydrologic cycle D) tectonic cycle
A ________ slide is type of mass wasting process where the surface of rupture is a concave-upward curve and descending material exhibits downward and outward motion
A) translational B) fall C) rotational D) horizontal