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| How do moderately developed countries most differ from highly developed countries? |
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| They have fewer opportunities for income, education, and healthcare. |
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| Which of the following is a modern example of a commons? |
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| A tuna fishery in the open Atlantic Ocean |
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| Which of the following statements about sustainable development is true? |
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| Sustainable development can only support limited levels of consumption. |
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| If economic decisions are to be sustainable they will have to consider which of the following? |
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| Environmental and societal costs must both be considered |
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| Highly developed countries represent how much of the world's population? |
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| Who were the “Dirty Dozen” mentioned in the film American Experience: Earth Days? |
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| Those members of congress with the worst environmental records |
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| How many humans were living at the beginning of the 21st century? |
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| Highly developed countries are characterized by |
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| Which statement(s) is/are true about the first Earth Day event? |
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| It foreshadowed a viable political movement |
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| What does high infant mortality in Orca whale populations tell us about the future of Puget Sound? |
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a) Pollutants like PCBs have reached the top of the food chain
b) Whale milk contains PCBs
c) Orcas may be extinct within 20 years
d) All marine mammals are potentially at risk from pollutants
e) All of the above are true * |
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| Which of the following global environmental concerns is most directly linked to poverty? |
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| How do scientists obtain knowledge about the world? |
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| By systematically gathering evidence and discarding potential explanations that do not fit the evidence, and refining those that do fit the evidence. |
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| Why do polluters like oil refineries not do more to reduce toxic emissions? |
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| It is expensive to install pollution control devices |
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| What is the environmental significance of the process of “consumption”? |
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| Consumption can outstrip the natural resources available and lead to overexploitation of the environment. |
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| What is “Legacy Pollution”? |
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| Pollution from previous practices that we still contend with today. |
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| Which of the following are unsustainable examples of human activities or behaviors? |
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| Depletion of fossil fuels |
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| Which of the following terms best describes the interdisciplinary study of humanity's relationship with other organisms and the non-living physical environment? |
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| The Clean Water Act was signed by which president? |
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| Why is it inadequate to rely solely on science to solve environmental problems? |
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| Science can only inform decisions and ethics are necessary to help us decide what we ought to do. |
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| In the United States ecological footprint of each person is about 10 hectares. The Earth presently has 11.4 billion hectares of productive land and water. If everyone in the world lived at the same level of consumption as the average American about how many earths would we need to survive according to the ecological footprint analysis? |
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| What one central problem in environmental science links all other problems together? |
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| Human population continues to increase |
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| Which of the following statements about scientific theories is/are true? |
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| Theories can be used to predict the existence of as-yet unobserved things or phenomena. |
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| What is the usual result of a successful NIMBY campaign? |
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| Polluting facilities are placed in poor or less populated communities. |
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| To test a hypothesis about a given variable, experimental and control groups are tested in parallel. Which of the following best explains the dual experiments? |
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| In the experimental group, a chosen variable is altered in a known way. In the control group, that chosen variable is not altered so a comparison can be made. |
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| Why do we need to be careful when interpreting IPAT equation results? |
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| We often do not understand all of the environmental impacts of a particular technology. |
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| What does an ecological footprint measure? |
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| Natural resources used by each person in an area |
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| Which of the following is most likely to happen if everybody in the world used resources at the rate that people in the United States do? |
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| Our current resources would run out quickly. |
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| Why do many people argue that the United States is the most overpopulated country in the world? |
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| Because the United States, which is 5% of the world's population, consumes 25% of the world's resources. |
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| Which of the following statements best describes why blue tuna are disappearing from some parts of the ocean? |
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| Overfishing of tuna has greatly reduced populations |
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| Why is a risk analysis usually performed in solving environmental problems? |
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| to analyze the potential effect of an intervention versus doing nothing |
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| To what does the “Tragedy of the Commons” refer? |
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| The struggle between short-term individual welfare and long-term environmental stability. |
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| According to the Western Worldview humanity is ethically obligated to which of the following? |
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| Which of the following is the best example of sustainable consumption? |
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| Preparing a meal at home with food bought at the local farmers market. |
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| How do the “Perlman Principles” seek to improve global environmental sustainability? |
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a) By recommending the scaling up of small programs that work
b) By seeking community-based suggestions
c) By addressing urban poverty
d) By suggesting a change in urban metabolism
e) Each of the above is consistent with the Perlman Principles. * |
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| Global sustainable development depends on eradication of poverty in the developing world. What is the consequence of this? |
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| Poor people in developing countries need to increase their consumption of certain essential resources. |
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| Which of the following is the most sustainable product? |
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| Locally produced herbs sold at a farmers’ market |
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| Why are both science and ethics necessary to solve environmental problems? |
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| Science can only inform, decisions and ethics are necessary to help us decide what we ought to do. |
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| A worldview based on the idea that all species have equal worth |
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| What is a serious shortcoming of the Western Worldview? |
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| Unlimited consumption of goods and services |
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| The issue that racial and ethnic minorities face unusually high exposure to environmental hazards is a central argument to |
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| What rights does environmental justice provide? |
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| Adequate protection from environmental hazards |
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| Which of the following is key to the elimination of world poverty and stabilizing global population? |
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| Educating women and children |
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| What is the TFR at which we theoretically could reach global population stability? |
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| What is carrying capacity? |
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| The maximum population that can be sustained by a given environment |
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| What is the correlation between per capita GDP and TFR? |
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| As per capita GDP increases, the number of children being born to each women tends to decrease |
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| What is cultural diversity? |
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| Earth's variety of human communities, including language, community, and identity. |
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| How does world hunger today compare with historical levels? |
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| We have the greatest incidence of hunger in recorded history. |
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| What changes in climate are expected in the area around Syria, Iraq, and Iran? |
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| Due to desertification and drought, a mass exodus has already begin in some parts of this region |
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| How does a conventional economy differ from a sustainable economy? |
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| A conventional economy is dependent on fuel and use-and-dispose materials practices |
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| Which of the following would be an example of multi-cropping? |
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| Growing wheat in the Winter and soybeans in the Summer |
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| Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem service provided by soil? |
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| Which of the following best preserves environmental services? |
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| What is the best way to get rid of squatter communities? |
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| Develop plans for the eventual improvement of squatter settlements. |
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| Which of the following are examples of non-sustainable human activities or behaviors? |
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| Use of nonrenewable resources as if they were present in unlimited quantities |
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| Poverty around the world... |
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| Could be eradicated if we had globally sustainable consumption |
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| “Green jobs” are those associated with new energy industries such as solar, wind, and geothermal power. Predictions for future employment are: |
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| Newly created jobs are likely to replace at least as many jobs as have been lost to changes in our energy priorities. |
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| Trade in carbon credits was valued at $60 billion in 2007. This represents a(n) |
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| What is the potential food security value associated with the creation of the global seed vault in Norway? |
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| We have the potential to explore heritage seed types that may be more tolerant of climate change |
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| What measures are being taken to protect wildlife in threatened areas? |
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| Cooperative efforts are being established among countries with the greatest threats to wildlife |
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