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Environmental Value Systems (1.1) and Systems and Models (1.2)
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This type of EVS is characterized by holding nature first and foremost.
Technocentrism
Anthropocentrism
Econocentrism
Ecocentrism
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A politician with this EVS would be in favor of imposing taxes on citizen's use of excess water
Econocentrism
Anthropocentrism
Technocentrism
Ecocentrism
3
This EVS believes that technology, science and human ability will overcome all problems.
environmental manager
self-reliance, soft ecologist
Cornucopian
deep ecologist
4
This EVS believes that resource use and economic growth are sustainable if specific rules are followed.
deep ecologist
cornucopian
self reliance, soft ecologist
environmental manager
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These systems exchange matter and energy with the surroundings. You are an example.
Resistant
Closed
Isolated
Open
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A(n) _________ system is one in which only energy is exchanged in and out of the system.
closed
open
free
isolated
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Which of the following is a disadvantage of using models?
simplifies complex systems
can be used for financial or political gain
used to make predictions
used to communicate with others
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This was the biggest nuclear disaster in history.
The Great Smog of London
Minimata
Deepwater Horizon
Chernobyl
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Someone's EVS is based on all EXCEPT...
Environmental philsophy
Economic status
Religious views
Cultural influences
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A(n) __________ system is one in which neither matter nor energy are exchanged with surroundings.
closed
open
isolated
free
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What are environmental value systems?
View or attitudes towards environmental issues
Evaluation of different resource economic values
Government influences on environmental policy
Laws and regulations placed on environmental use
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The conversion of solar energy to chemical energy in a plant is an example of a
input
output
transformation
transfer
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A(n) _________ system is one in which both matter and energy are exchanged.
open
isolated
free
closed
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A shark eating a fish is an example of ____________ of energy and matter.
transformation
input
transfer
output
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This EVS is pro-growth and prefers less community voice in decision making
Technocentrism
Ecocentrism
Econocentrism
Anthropocentrism
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Rachel Carson's book
Silent Spring
addressed...
The ecocentric view of most Americans
The use of and affects of Agent Orange
The use and effects of a major pesticide (DDT)
The environmental benefits of humans
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This disaster brought about the Clean Water Act and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Love Canal
Minimata
Cuyahoga River
Chernobyl
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This states that the Earth is one large system and everything within it helps maintain balance
The Gaia Hypothesis
Cell Theory
Biosphere 2
Equilibrium Theory
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These types of systems do not technically (only theoretically) exist b/c they exchange nothing with the surroundings
Open
Closed
Resistant
Isolated
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Which of the following would be outputs of a plant system?
Oxygen and glucose
Photosynthesis
Cellular respiration
Oxygen and CO2
21
Boxes in a system model diagram represent?
Inputs
Storages
Processes
Flows
22
This disaster was as a result of an industry dumping mercury into an industrial lake, causing neurological damage
Bhopal
Love Canal
Minimata
Deepwater Horizon
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This EVS believes in the intrinsic importance of nature and biorights, with lack of faith in materialism.
deep ecologist
self reliance, soft ecologist
environmental manager
cornucopian
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An assemblage of parts, working together, forming a functional whole.
Equilibrium
System
Gaia
Model
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These are used to understand how a system works and predict its response to change.
System
Model
Hypothesis
Feedback
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These systems exchange energy but no matter with surroundings. The picture is an example.
Isolated
Closed
Open
Resistant
