ENVS 1126 Exam 1 complete questions and accurate
detailed answers \verified 100%
book (and author) that Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
began the modern
environmental movement;
warned of the dangers of
pesticides and lead to the
elimination of DDT in the US
meeting the needs of the sustainability
present without
compromising the ability of
future
generations to meet their own
needs
3 S's science sustainability stewardship
development or progress sustainable development
that meets the needs of the
present without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their needs
improvement of human well- development
being
developed countries are environmental sustainability
more concerned with
____________
developing countries are economic development
more concerned with
____________
economically
sustainable solutions must be: feasible socially
desirable
ecologically viable
, popula
for a sustainable society we tion
need stable:
econo
my
resource use
a way of gaining knowledge scientific method
the idea that our senses empiricism
represent objective reality
an educated guess about hypothesis
the cause of an
observation; tested
through observation and
experimentation
a hypothesis that has been theory
rigorously tested and
confirmed; logically
consistent with all
observations
what has__ is they key inherent value
question in
environmental policy
assumes that we take care and stewardship ethic
manage
natural resources not for
ourselves but for everyone,
including people who
haven't been born yet
(inter-generational equity)
a method based in science
empiricism for learning
about the natural world
taking care of something stewardship
that doesn't belong to you
(like the planet)
social science that deals with economics
the
production, distribution,
and consumption of
, goods/services
social and legal economic systems
arrangements people
construct to satisfy their
needs and wants
detailed answers \verified 100%
book (and author) that Silent Spring by Rachel Carson
began the modern
environmental movement;
warned of the dangers of
pesticides and lead to the
elimination of DDT in the US
meeting the needs of the sustainability
present without
compromising the ability of
future
generations to meet their own
needs
3 S's science sustainability stewardship
development or progress sustainable development
that meets the needs of the
present without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their needs
improvement of human well- development
being
developed countries are environmental sustainability
more concerned with
____________
developing countries are economic development
more concerned with
____________
economically
sustainable solutions must be: feasible socially
desirable
ecologically viable
, popula
for a sustainable society we tion
need stable:
econo
my
resource use
a way of gaining knowledge scientific method
the idea that our senses empiricism
represent objective reality
an educated guess about hypothesis
the cause of an
observation; tested
through observation and
experimentation
a hypothesis that has been theory
rigorously tested and
confirmed; logically
consistent with all
observations
what has__ is they key inherent value
question in
environmental policy
assumes that we take care and stewardship ethic
manage
natural resources not for
ourselves but for everyone,
including people who
haven't been born yet
(inter-generational equity)
a method based in science
empiricism for learning
about the natural world
taking care of something stewardship
that doesn't belong to you
(like the planet)
social science that deals with economics
the
production, distribution,
and consumption of
, goods/services
social and legal economic systems
arrangements people
construct to satisfy their
needs and wants
