What does exceeding the carrying capacity of an ecosystem mean? What is its consequence?
What will be an ideal response?
Exceeding the carrying capacity of an ecosystem means that people are depleting or destroying resources at a more rapid rate than they can be replaced. The carrying capacity can be exceeded for brief periods so long as population drops below that level in time for the environment to regenerate itself. However, exceeding the carrying capacity on a long-term or permanent basis may do sufficient damage to threaten the capacity of the ecosystem to support human life
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What does the "sociological imagination" classify our lives as?
A) Conflicted lives, torn between demands of modern society B) Contrasting lives, with good and bad aspects C) Contextual lives, understandable in social contexts D) Convoluted lives, complicated, often incomprehensible
After World War II, the Federal Housing Authority had an official policy against underwriting construction in racially integrated areas
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Traditional authority–which is authority based on custom–is the hallmark of
a. preindustrial societies.
b. industrialized societies.
c. all states.
d. postindustrial societies.
All of the following are true statements except____
a. quantitative research uses numerical data b. qualitative research uses descriptive data c. qualitative research methods may include survey research and precollected data d. closed-ended questions are more difficult to quantify than open-ended questions e. open-ended questions ask the respondent to answer in his or her own words