Solutions to environmental problems can be addressed by

designing projects with sustainability

Funds economic development projects in developing nations

Command and Control is an approach that

Gives limits and punishment for violators

The scientific method is a process that involves

testing hypotheses that are built on observations

The illusion of sustainable practices

Encourages more sustainable business practices

The takings clause says

People cannot be regulated out of the economic prosperity of their property

Contingent valuation is

the amount people are willing to pay to restore a resource

Environmentalist groups promote

social and environmental justice

Calculating your ecological footprint can reveal

The specific impact you have on the environment

How does the EPA affect environmental policy?

develops rules and regulations based on laws passed by Congress

Cap-and-trade is a system that ________.

the selling of pollution credits by low polluters to high polluters

Ecosystem services are

are economically valuable services provided bynatural systems

The WTO (World Trade Organization)

can worsen environmental problems

The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) ________.

added the requirement for an EIS for government funded projects

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1
Solutions to environmental problems can be addressed by
by rejecting anything that could contribute to pollution
making sure development happens quickly
designing projects with sustainability
by asking people to recycle
2
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was a book that focused on
environmental policing
birth defects
artificial hormones
chemical pollutants
3
Which of the following are renewable
Solar
Geothermal
Wind
All, duh
4
Fires on the Cuyahoga River raised concerns that contributed to
Separation of sewage and storm water in cities
Development of the water authority
The closing of industries along rivers
The Clean Water Act
5
The World Bank
Funds large institutions in developed nations
Funds pollution investigations
Funds economic development projects in developing nations
Funds projects that benefit earth
6
The shared knowledge, beliefs and values of a group of people is
Worldview
Collectivism
Instafamousness
Culture
7
Someone most concerned with protecting wilderness areas at any cost are
economists
anthropocentrists
preservationists
conservationists
8
Command and Control is an approach that
Gives guidance
Removes regulation
Gives unenforceable limits
Gives limits and punishment for violators
9
The scientific method is a process that involves
observation alone
testing hypotheses that are built on observations
the fact that hypotheses can be proven
educated guesses
10
Greenwashing is
The practice of creating sustainability
The illusion of sustainable practices
Painting with green paint
Companies who grow plants to be more environmentally friendly
11
A dominant view in science is
A paradigm
A theory
A hypothesis
A fact
12
Conventional laws result from
Treaties between nations
Subsidies
Lobbyists
Informal agreements between companies
13
________ is the study of how we decide to use scarce resources in the face of demand
Ecology
Economics
Environmental science
Ethical practice
14
The laws passed by the legislative branch fall under
Case Law
Statutory law
Judicial law
Trivial Law
15
Philosophy that natural entities could be symbols and carry a deeper spiritual truth
Transcendentalism
Preservationism
Biocentrism
Ecofeminism
16
Environmental public policy is supposed to protect the natural world and
save resources for industry
minimize public displeasure in general
improve human welfare
promote natural resource harvesting
17
Ecolabeling
Reduces permit trading
Wastes paper
Encourages more sustainable business practices
Increases economic growth
18
_________ refers to meeting the needs of the present while preserving resources for future generations
sustainable development
environmental development
economical development
ecological development
19
The takings clause says
governmental bodies can cause damage if they need to
private citizens cannot take lands unless they were given permission first
state entities can take properties for less than they're worth
People cannot be regulated out of the economic prosperity of their property
20
Growth is good refers to which kind of economic thought
communism
neoclassical
classical
hybrid
21
When an owner is deprived of economic use of their property it is called
a regulatory taking
something for the greater good
par for the course
rude
22
The first national park:
Grand Canyon
Yellowstone
Grand Tetons
Yosemite
23
Supply and demand is consistent with which economic philosophy
Classical
Neoclassical
Old Fashioned
Subsistence
24
Contingent valuation is
The amount people think a resource is worth in general
The amount a resource is worth after considering pollution
the amount people are willing to pay to restore a resource
the amount the government values a resource at
25
Someone who is mostly concerned with impacts on humans is called
biocentrist
economist
ecocentrist
anthropocentrist
26
Which wave of environmental policy promoted western settlement
Current
Third
First
Second
27
Evaluation of work by one or more people with similar competencies as the producers of the work is
hypothesis testing
investigative inquiry
critical analysis
peer review
28
Environmentalist groups promote
Lower taxes for homes that support trees
the discontinuation of ecolabling
The nationalization of natural resources
social and environmental justice
29
Calculating your ecological footprint can reveal
The amount of water you waste
The specific impact you have on the environment
The impact air pollution has on your health
The amount of biodiversity of your locale
30
How does the EPA affect environmental policy?
decides which laws passed apply to environmental policy.
passes laws that control environmentalregulations
funds ecological studies
develops rules and regulations based on laws passed by Congress
31
Cap-and-trade is a system that ________.
the selling of pollution credits by low polluters to high polluters
has been repealed by Congress as useless in diminishing pollution
certain amounts of pollution can be sold to other nations
industries can set their own levels for pollution
32
Ecosystem services are
are actions humans must take in order to protect andserve the environment
valuable to natural systems but not tohuman-created systems
contribute to keeping ecosystems productive
are economically valuable services provided bynatural systems
33
_____ could affect consumers
ecotaxes
green taxes
europricing
clean up costs
34
Public policy laws are passed by
the judicial branch
the legislative branch
the executive branch
the environmental branch
35
Free Market/Classical economics is associated with
Thomas Malthus
Walt Whitman
Theodore Roosevelt
Adam Smith
36
Economies that consist of people meeting needs without wages or purchases are called
Subsistence economies
Capitalist economies
Existence economies
Commies, red, red commies
37
The WTO (World Trade Organization)
can worsen economic problems
can create worse taxation conditions
can worsen environmental problems
can interfere with fair trade practices
38
A activity designed to test the validity of a hypothesis is ___________
A boat
Data analysis
An investigation
An experiment
39
The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) ________.
added the requirement for an EIS for government funded projects
lowered chemical acceptability in water
insists compensation be given when pollution causes harm
added strict regulations for environmental for all federal land
40
Pollination of plants falls under which of the following
ecosystem service
farming practices
crop modification
environmental service

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