Question

1 Which of these biomes would you anticipate recovering the slowest from human disturbances?

grassland

tropical rainforest

desert

forest

2 There are three spheres (or sectors) that need to be considered for a society to be sustainable. These include:

hydrosphere, atmosphere, lithosphere

international, cultural, individual

environmental, social, economic

ecological, environmental, biospheric

3 At the present time,

	the forests of most regions are self-sustaining.
	the forests of the world are being used at or above capacity.
	worldwide forest resources are being only slightly used.
	most industrialized countries have an abundant forest supply.