Environmental Science Chapter 2 Review

A law that fines companies for dumping wastes in the ocean is an example of what?

Method that decision makers compare what is sacrificed and gained by taking a specific action

The amount of a product or service people will buy at a given price if free to do so

"USDA Organic" is an example of what?

What part of the government does not have a role in environmental policy?

Description of the effects a proposed project will have on the environment

Which line slopes down to the right in a supply and demand graph?

Tax levied on companies that participate in activities that are harmful to the environment

General plan and principle related to the interactions between humans and the environment

Situation in which a free economy does not distribute resources fairly

Approach to environmental policy in which a government body sets rules and threatens punishment

If the environment is unhealthy, how will the economy be?

The final step of the environmental policy process is to

Which agency is based in New York and has 190 members?

Efforts to influence an elected official into supporting a specific interest

The amount of a product or service offered for sale at a given price is called

Where do economies get their resources?

Field of economics that recognizes the relationship between ecosystems and economic systems

If a company is given free land to build a factory, this is an example of what?

Which agency oversees environmental regulations?

What college did Mr. Kerkhoff graduate from?

System that tells buyers what brands are made with processes that don't harm environment

The first step of the environmental policy process is

Which line slopes up to the right on a supply and demand graph?

When demand for a product is low

The field of economics that links environmental and economic costs

The value that is not included in the price of a product or service

Money or resource that encourages a particular activity or lower the price of a product

Study of how resources are converted into goods and services and their distribution

Formal set of plans that guides problem solving and decision making in specific instances

Used to determine amount of pollutant and then assigns amounts to industries