What do the GDP and the World Bank both fail to include in their measures of wealth?
A) The importance of law and order in a society
B) The gradual deterioration of machinery used in industrial manufacturing
C) The income from the sales of goods abroad
D) Natural services provided by ecosystems
D
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Causes of extinction and reduction in wild species' populations include all of the following except
a. habitat loss b. human population growth c. sustainable development d. pollution e. invasive species
The concept of sustainability requires that
A) economic growth does not exceed the renewal of natural capital. B) all sources of energy used in an economy must come from the sun. C) global economic systems are based on the harvesting of natural products. D) economies use equal portions of land, labor, and capital.
The two predominately Catholic nations of Southeast Asia are A) Thailand
A) Thailand and Laos
B) Indonesia and Singapore
C) Malaysia and Brunei
D) Philippines and East Timor
E) Burma and Vietnam
In which biome would one most likely find xerophytic species?
A) Boreal and montane forest B) Midlatitude broadleaf and mixed forest C) Tropical rain forest D) Deserts