Final Exam

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1.
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Which of the following laws identifies wildlife as threatened or endangered?
2.
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What is a critical thinking approach to environmental problems?
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Which of the following types of law do we consider “personal injury law” where a person might sue if there water was contaminated by a corporation?
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A business decides to internalize external costs when selling products. What have they done?
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Who enforces federal environmental laws?
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In a field you find 1900 grams of grass. In that field you have grasshoppers eating the grass, toads eating the grasshoppers, snakes eating the toads and hawks eating the snakes. You would expect _____ grams of snakes supported by this food chain
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By watching birds migrate earlier in the fall each year we conclude that the earth is warming. This conclusion is based upon:
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What part of the Government is assigned with the duty of developing the list for endangered species?
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The president is charged with many leadership functions. One of these functions is to set environmental policy. The president is part of which branch of government?
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By watching birds migrate we can make the conclusion that birds tend to fly south in the fall and north in the spring. This conclusion is based upon:
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2 points
How does the president influence environmental policy
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What is the biotic potential of a population?
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What would be the number one thing you could do to practice personally responsible consumerism?
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Plankton consume a toxic substance. Small fish eat the plankton, large fish eat the small fish and Sea Gulls eat the large fish. If the concentration of toxin is 0.1 ppm in the plankton what is the likely concentration in Sea Gulls. This is based on the transfer of energy through food pyramid.
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2 points
Tragedy of the Commons described
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Why are environmental lawsuits hard to win?
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Biomes can be described by looking at the short-term patterns in temperature and moisture.
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Demand is the amount of a product or service people will buy regardless of their ability to pay for it.
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What would be the most sustainable approach to reducing your impact?
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The idea of affluenza best describes:
21.
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What is a the difference between a statute and a law for protection of the environment?
22.
2 points
What is the 4:2:1 problem China is currently facing?
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43. Soil nutrients are most abundant in:
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2 points
A fly bites you. Soon a rash develops and you become sick with some rare disease. This sickness is an example of:
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Which of the following is a resource?
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What is the lesson described in “tragedy of the commons?”
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Sustainable economic development is an effort that pulls together which two ideas?
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Which of the following would make an impact for the environment on an individual level?
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2 points
Courts can be used in the creation of environmental policy by:
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2 points
Which of the following is a commons?
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2 points
Who creates federal environmental laws?
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2 points
Which of the following has contributed the most to the current increase in world population?
33.
2 points
Which of the following laws requires a Environmental Impact Statement for Government projects?
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2 points
The cap and trade program turns pollution into a:
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Some organisms, such as dandelions, depend on a high rate of reproduction and growth to secure a place in the environment. We consider these organisms
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Supply is the quantity of a product being offered for sale.
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Consider the many facets of the environment from simple matter and molecules through the evolution of organisms into biomes and growth of populations. Additionally, extensive population growth creates risks and hazards leading not only to the pollution of water but also shortages or overabundance of it. And then policy decisions that create economic conditions and urban growth strategies detrimental to our planet. When faced with all of these challenges and understanding what is an acceptable strategy for survival?
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2 points
What is environmental policy?
39.
2 points
Tropical figs produce fruit year around providing fruit eating animals a steady source of food. Without the figs, most of the animal population would disappear. These tropical figs are thus:
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2 points
Because frogs are very sensitive to pollution they are considered:
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2 points
The point where the supply curve crosses demand curve is:
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2 points
Which of the following would make an impact for the environment on a corporate level?
43.
2 points
Which of the following types of law is considered a crime against the state where the offense can be punishable by jail time?
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2 points
In a typical business internal costs are:
45.
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What types of things did Interface do to become an eco-efficient business?
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A wetland that is entirely covered in trees is called a:
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Politics is the process by which individuals and groups try to influence or control the policies and actions of government.
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Which of the following types of law does EPA primarily deal with having its own court system and judges when they deal with a permit violation?
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2 points
In a typical business external costs are?
50.
2 points
You find a substance that has a LD50 of 0.05. LD50 designates: