UARK LISA WOOD ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EXAM 1
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. Environment
Answer:
Circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or group or organisms
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2. Environmental Science
Answer:
The systematic study of our environment and our proper place in it.
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3. Economic sustainability
Answer:
The ability of an economy to support a defined level of economic production indefinitely
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4. Four distinct Stages
Answer:
Pragmatic Resource Conservation
Moral and Aesthetic Nature Preservation
Concern about Health and Ecological Damage
Global Environmental Citizenship
Question:
5. Pragmatic Resource Conservation
Answer:
Use only what you need, but use it
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6. Moral and Aesthetic Nature Preservation
Answer:
Keep it pristine and value it for its aesthetic value and because it's the right thing to do
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7. Pragmatic Utilitarian Conservation
Answer:
Resources should be used "For the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time"
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8. Land Ethic
, Answer:
We should care for the land because it is the right thing to do and the smart thing
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9. How many people live in extreme poverty (Earning less than $1.25US per day)?
Answer:
More than 1.4 billion
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10. Ethics
Answer:
A branch of philosphy concerned with what actions are right and wrong
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11. Environmental ethics
Answer:
Deals with our moral obligations to the world around us
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12. Worldviews
Answer:
Sets of basic beliefs, images and understandings that shape how we see the world around us. Also
determines what questions are valid to ask
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13. Moral extensionism
Answer:
Extending moral values to others
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14. Value
Answer:
A measure of the worth of something
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15. Stewardship
Answer:
Taking care of the resources we are given
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16. Environmental justice
Answer:
Combines civil rights with environmental protection to demand a safe and healthy environment for
everyone
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17. Envrionmental Racism
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. Environment
Answer:
Circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or group or organisms
Question:
2. Environmental Science
Answer:
The systematic study of our environment and our proper place in it.
Question:
3. Economic sustainability
Answer:
The ability of an economy to support a defined level of economic production indefinitely
Question:
4. Four distinct Stages
Answer:
Pragmatic Resource Conservation
Moral and Aesthetic Nature Preservation
Concern about Health and Ecological Damage
Global Environmental Citizenship
Question:
5. Pragmatic Resource Conservation
Answer:
Use only what you need, but use it
Question:
6. Moral and Aesthetic Nature Preservation
Answer:
Keep it pristine and value it for its aesthetic value and because it's the right thing to do
Question:
7. Pragmatic Utilitarian Conservation
Answer:
Resources should be used "For the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time"
Question:
8. Land Ethic
, Answer:
We should care for the land because it is the right thing to do and the smart thing
Question:
9. How many people live in extreme poverty (Earning less than $1.25US per day)?
Answer:
More than 1.4 billion
Question:
10. Ethics
Answer:
A branch of philosphy concerned with what actions are right and wrong
Question:
11. Environmental ethics
Answer:
Deals with our moral obligations to the world around us
Question:
12. Worldviews
Answer:
Sets of basic beliefs, images and understandings that shape how we see the world around us. Also
determines what questions are valid to ask
Question:
13. Moral extensionism
Answer:
Extending moral values to others
Question:
14. Value
Answer:
A measure of the worth of something
Question:
15. Stewardship
Answer:
Taking care of the resources we are given
Question:
16. Environmental justice
Answer:
Combines civil rights with environmental protection to demand a safe and healthy environment for
everyone
Question:
17. Envrionmental Racism
