EVS 195 HOMEWORK MODULE 1.
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"Environment" can be defined as the circumstances or conditions that surround an
organism or group of organisms, or the complex of social or cultural conditions that affect
an individual or community. - Answer: True.
Resources should be conserved for the ultimate long-term benefit of human beings. -
Answer: Pragmatic resource conservation.
Resources should be conserved for the benefit of all organisms, not just humans. - Answer:
Nature preservation on moral/aesthetic grounds.
Current levels of damage due to pollution and resource exploitation should be mitigated,
and if possible, reversed, for the health benefit of humans and other species. - Answer:
Modern environmentalism.
Preservation of all Earth systems is the responsibility of the global community. - Answer:
Global environmentalism.
If everybody in the world used resources at the rate that people in the United States do, -
Answer: Our current resources would run out quickly.
Biocentric preservationists, first led by John Muir, advocate saving natural areas for their -
Answer: Aesthetic and spiritual values and wildlife habitat
One way to decrease the size of our ecological footprint is to - Answer: Decrease
consumption rates
Sustainable practices - Answer: Protecting soil - Planting "cover" crops to prevent erosion.
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, Protecting atmosphere - Use of renewable energies.
Reducing effects of population growth - Reduce poverty, and increase health care.
Unsustainable practices - Answer: Protecting soil - Overgrazing of herds on grasslands.
Protecting atmosphere - Use of fossil fuels.
Reducing effects of population growth - Raise everyone to the standard of living of affluent
countries.
The world's population is now more than - Answer: 7 billion.
Moral Extensionism - Answer: Over time we have gradually extended our sense of moral
value to a wider and wider circle.
Inherent Value - Answer: An intrinsic right to exist.
Instrumental Value - Answer: They have value because they are useful to someone who
matters.
Moral Value - Answer: Worth.
The term "toxic colonialism" has been used in describing - Answer: The exportation of toxic
wastes to poor communities.
_________________ combines civil rights with environmental protection to demand a safe,
healthy, life-giving environment for everyone. - Answer: Environmental justice
Steps of Scientific Method - Answer: (Consult prior knowledge) Identify question ->
(Consult prior knowledge) Form testable hypothesis ->
(Consult prior knowledge) Collect data and test hypothesis ->
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From question to perfection| Study with confidence!
"Environment" can be defined as the circumstances or conditions that surround an
organism or group of organisms, or the complex of social or cultural conditions that affect
an individual or community. - Answer: True.
Resources should be conserved for the ultimate long-term benefit of human beings. -
Answer: Pragmatic resource conservation.
Resources should be conserved for the benefit of all organisms, not just humans. - Answer:
Nature preservation on moral/aesthetic grounds.
Current levels of damage due to pollution and resource exploitation should be mitigated,
and if possible, reversed, for the health benefit of humans and other species. - Answer:
Modern environmentalism.
Preservation of all Earth systems is the responsibility of the global community. - Answer:
Global environmentalism.
If everybody in the world used resources at the rate that people in the United States do, -
Answer: Our current resources would run out quickly.
Biocentric preservationists, first led by John Muir, advocate saving natural areas for their -
Answer: Aesthetic and spiritual values and wildlife habitat
One way to decrease the size of our ecological footprint is to - Answer: Decrease
consumption rates
Sustainable practices - Answer: Protecting soil - Planting "cover" crops to prevent erosion.
APPHIA – Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence. 1
, Protecting atmosphere - Use of renewable energies.
Reducing effects of population growth - Reduce poverty, and increase health care.
Unsustainable practices - Answer: Protecting soil - Overgrazing of herds on grasslands.
Protecting atmosphere - Use of fossil fuels.
Reducing effects of population growth - Raise everyone to the standard of living of affluent
countries.
The world's population is now more than - Answer: 7 billion.
Moral Extensionism - Answer: Over time we have gradually extended our sense of moral
value to a wider and wider circle.
Inherent Value - Answer: An intrinsic right to exist.
Instrumental Value - Answer: They have value because they are useful to someone who
matters.
Moral Value - Answer: Worth.
The term "toxic colonialism" has been used in describing - Answer: The exportation of toxic
wastes to poor communities.
_________________ combines civil rights with environmental protection to demand a safe,
healthy, life-giving environment for everyone. - Answer: Environmental justice
Steps of Scientific Method - Answer: (Consult prior knowledge) Identify question ->
(Consult prior knowledge) Form testable hypothesis ->
(Consult prior knowledge) Collect data and test hypothesis ->
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