BUS100 RQ8

Sustainable development:

Balances economic and environmental considerations.

Life-cycle analysis involves:

Collecting information regarding the lifelong environmental impact of a product, from extraction to disposal.

The amount of land and water a human population needs to produce the resources it consumes and to absorb its wastes given prevailing technology is called:

Ecological footprint.

Which of the following statements is not true about arable land?

It is a nonrenewable resource.

A thin layer of gas that protects the earth from excessive ultraviolet radiation from the sun is:

Ozone.

Which stage of corporate environmental responsibility focuses on the full life cycle of a product?

Product stewardship stage.

Which of these factors has accelerated the current ecological crisis?

Rapid industrialization.

Natural capital refers to the world's:

Supply of geology, soil, air, water and all living things.