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Which of the following factors is as important as population in determining the environmental impact of
humans? - consumption
How do moderately developed countries most differ from highly developed countries? - They have
fewer opportunities for income, education, and healthcare.
What does the phrase "Environmental sustainability" imply? - Future generations will have the resources
necessary for quality of life.
What is the usual result of a successful NIMBY campaign? - Polluting facilities are placed in poor or less
populated communities.
The issue that racial and ethnic minorities face unusually high exposure to environmental hazards is a
central argument to: - environmental justice
Which of the following is key to the elimination of world poverty and stabilizing global population? -
educating women and children
Which of the following would be an example of multi-cropping? - growing wheat in the Winter and
soybeans in the Summer
What is the best way to get rid of squatter communities? - Develop plans for the eventual improvement
of squatter settlements.
Develop plans for the eventual improvement of squatter settlements. - careful management of land and
resources
What is the best definition of preservation? - setting aside land and natural resources
, Who among the following would most likely believe that natural resources should be used for the
greatest good for the most people for the longest time? - Pinchot
The soil conservation service was formed after what environmental crisis? - Severe erosion following
windstorms in the 1930s.
Which of the following pieces of literature helped foster support for the Wilderness Act of 1964? -
Wilderness Essay
What important environmental book about problems associated with pesticide use was written by
Rachel Carson? - Silent Spring
What was one positive thing that came from the establishment of Earth Day? - Signing of the National
Environmental Policy Act and the creation of the EPA
The 1990s were best known for which of the following environmental events? - It was a decade of some
of the worst environmental disasters.
What is the environmental significance of the process of "consumption"? - Consumption can outstrip
the natural resources available and lead to overexploitation of the environment.
Which of the following parameters are needed to estimate humans' impact on the environment? -
population
consumption
affluence
population and consumption are both necessary
all of these are necessary
What one central problem in environmental science links all other problems together? - Human
population continues to increase.
How do subsidies for the fishing industry contribute to environmental destruction? - Trawler fishing is
heavily subsidized and the method itself strips the seafloor of anything in the path of the trawler nets.