SOC 220 CSU EXAM 1 EXAM STUDY GUIDE
Sociological momentum - Answers -the speed at which the change of human society
occurs
Sociological imagination - Answers -Ability to see the connection between the larger
world and our personal lives
Environmental sociologists - Answers -The study of community in the largest sense, the
study of the intersection of human and natural communities
Greenhouse gases - Answers -a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by
absorbing infrared radiation
Climate-change related risks - Answers -Coral reef die back
Wildfires
Species extinction
Water shortage
Heat waves
Drought stress
Increased disease
Damaging storms
Change in soil conditions
Increased natural disasters
Stabilization triangle and wedges - Answers -the change in human behavior lowering
the amount of green house gasses in the future. These include behavioral changes,
zero emission tech/ solar power, creating ways to trap emissions.
Embodied energy - Answers -the sum total of energy used in the extraction, harvesting,
manufacturing, and delivery of products - everything we throw away
Heat island effect - Answers -urban areas are several degrees warmer than their
surrounding areas; during relatively calm periods there is an upward flow of air over
heavily developed areas accompanied by a downward flow over nearby greenbelts; this
produces an air-temperature profile that delineates the heat island [C - WW]
Extended producer responsibility - Answers -Laws that require product manufacturers
to "take back" a large percentage of the products they manufacture at the end of the
product's life in order to reduce the amount of waste ending up in landfills and the
environment.
Sociological momentum - Answers -the speed at which the change of human society
occurs
Sociological imagination - Answers -Ability to see the connection between the larger
world and our personal lives
Environmental sociologists - Answers -The study of community in the largest sense, the
study of the intersection of human and natural communities
Greenhouse gases - Answers -a gas that contributes to the greenhouse effect by
absorbing infrared radiation
Climate-change related risks - Answers -Coral reef die back
Wildfires
Species extinction
Water shortage
Heat waves
Drought stress
Increased disease
Damaging storms
Change in soil conditions
Increased natural disasters
Stabilization triangle and wedges - Answers -the change in human behavior lowering
the amount of green house gasses in the future. These include behavioral changes,
zero emission tech/ solar power, creating ways to trap emissions.
Embodied energy - Answers -the sum total of energy used in the extraction, harvesting,
manufacturing, and delivery of products - everything we throw away
Heat island effect - Answers -urban areas are several degrees warmer than their
surrounding areas; during relatively calm periods there is an upward flow of air over
heavily developed areas accompanied by a downward flow over nearby greenbelts; this
produces an air-temperature profile that delineates the heat island [C - WW]
Extended producer responsibility - Answers -Laws that require product manufacturers
to "take back" a large percentage of the products they manufacture at the end of the
product's life in order to reduce the amount of waste ending up in landfills and the
environment.
