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Question 11. What was the message that the Club of Rome were trying to send to the world in 1972?

Humans were heading on a path to massive environmental degradation and resource exhaustion
Nuclear power is the answer to the world's resource limitations
Global populations will naturally start to decline and therefore the world's problems will begin to subside
Global populations will naturally start to decline and therefore the world's problems will begin to subside

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Answer: Option A. -> Humans were heading on a path to massive environmental degradation and resource exhaustion
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A

Question 12. What is the primary reason for targeting 'biodiversity hotspots' for conservation?

The number of species threatened far exceeds our capacity to protect them and we can therefore only concentrate on areas of highest species diversity
To protect all areas of threatened species would not allow for new species to develop
They are the only areas where species are seriously threatened in the world
They are areas where people do not live and conservation would therefore not be effecting the economic development of the area

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Answer: Option A. -> The number of species threatened far exceeds our capacity to protect them and we can therefore only concentrate on areas of highest species diversity
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A

Question 13. Which of the following is not a reason for more optimism that humans are not heading into an environmental Armageddon in the future?

Environmental science now has a much greater understanding of the impacts of human activities and the response of environmental systems
The technology for alternative sources of energy (other than fossil fuels) has been developed and is only waiting for the appropriate economic conditions for widespread implementation
People are beginning to accept the significance of human-environment relationships and international collaboration to curb environmental problems is beginning
The development of genetic modification technology is allowing humans to engineer their own resources no matter what the environmental conditions are

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Answer: Option D. -> The development of genetic modification technology is allowing humans to engineer their own resources no matter what the environmental conditions are
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D

Question 14. The presence of high coliform counts in water indicate