Final Exam Review

A monetary value placed on a resource just because it survives is called a(n) _____ value.

Which of these concepts is the most central to this course, and to our future on this planet?

When we use the earth's natural capital we borrow from the earth and from future generations

Politician motives are to get re-elected and scientists obsess over: .

The U.S. population is

What do you notice about the distribution of public lands in the U.S.?

Urban populations occupy __ of the planet's land area, but consume __ of the earth's resources

When legislators are persuaded by a group to vote or act in their favor

Which of the following is true of cap and trade emissions programs?

Human ecological footprints ____________________ the earth’s estimated ecological capacity.

Which of the following are environmental impacts of urban sprawl

As per the _____ , our understanding of nature and of how our actions affect it is limited.

Committing civilization to storing deadly radioactive wastes 240,000 years+ is a failure of the

Which of the following is not an external cost of driving a domestic car?

Future reliance on energy from fracking, shale oil, and nuclear power, would violate the

How much $ would be required annually to meet the world's basic social and health goals?

What economic market type is illustrated in the figure shown?

Which of the following includes services & resources produced by the earth's natural processes?

Drivers paying for the full cost of the effects of fossil fuel use is the consistent with

Which form of transportation has the lowest environmental impact

We are apart from the rest of nature & can manage nature to meet our increasing needs and wants

Which of the following comes closest to your environmental worldview?

How much of the population must be involved in order to bring about change

Levying taxes on each unit of pollution discharged into the air or water is an example of

Analysts suggest that for some people acquiring more & more goods should be treated as a(n)

Neoclassical economists beliefs include all of the following except

What % of the U.S. public thinks the environment is one of the nation's most pressing problems?

The government of the United States manages what percentage of the country's land

In the United States, cars are involved in the deaths of more than _____ people per year

This worldview states that we have an ethical responsibility to be caring managers of the earth

This class

Most people in the US are:

Permanent damage to the ears begins after an eight hour exposure to ____ decibels.

The yearly ecological services provided by the earth's forests amount to

Cities generate lg amts of heat because of concrete, steel, and dark roofs. This is called

The discount rate is

Which is the largest megacity in the world?

When a supplier's price matches what buyers are willing to pay

Governments intervene in markets to do all of the following, except

All of the following are direct costs of an automobile, except

What term describes the creation and growth of urban and suburban areas?

In the United States, ____% of all urban transportation is by car.

Essential services that are not profitable as businesses (schools, roads, services) come from

What areas are shown in the photograph?

The beliefs about what environmental behavior is right or wrong is known as

Which is the correct order of the policy life cycle?

During _____, a law is passed or a regulation is written to put a problem solution into effect.

Hunting & fishing in national forests add _ times more to the economy than resource extraction

Your environmental footprint is

An estimate of a resource’s future economic value compared to its present value is a(n)

In which countries are green plans being employed?

Which branch of government consists of the Supreme Court and lower federal courts?

Which environmental worldview places the least emphasis on humans?

We are a part of and totally dependent on nature, and that nature exists for all species

The measurement of the annual economic value of all goods and services w/in a country is the

Which of the following activities would not be permitted in a National Wildlife Refuge?

The public lands with the most restrictions on how they can be used are

I would/will

Dr. Horodysky is a

The growth of low-density development on the edges of cities and towns is called _____.

What % of the world population lives in poverty?

All of the following are advantages of environmental taxes and fees except:

This defines acceptable environmental behavior for individuals & groups

Urban growth is comprised of the pull to _________areas and the push from ______________ areas.