Environmentally Sustainable Businesses Need to Consider the Economic and Ecological

question 49

True/False

Environmentally sustainable businesses need to consider the economic and ecological systems in which they function, but not the social.

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Definitions:

Crustal Thickness

The measure of the thickness of Earth's crust, which varies between the oceanic and continental crust.

Volcanism

the process through which magma and volcanic gases are expelled onto the Earth's surface, forming volcanic features.

Foreland Basin

A basin that forms when crust (either continental or oceanic) is warped by the weight of thrust sheets, especially when formed between a mountain belt and continental interior.

Passive Margin

A tectonically inactive edge of a continent, characterized by a transition from continental to oceanic lithosphere without significant seismic activity.