ENV 310 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE
Environmentalist - Answers -An advocate for the preservation, restoration, or
improvement of the natural environment
Advoate - Answers -Publicly supports a cause
Being "green" - Answers -pursue knowledge and practices ... which can help protect
the environmnet
Environmental Policy - Answers -- Environment: physical (ecosystems), social (health),
and economic (resource management_
- Policy: course of action or principle for problems involving human impact on
environment
Public Goods - Answers -environmental amenities shared by everyone, owned by none
Ecosystem Services - Answers -come from interactions of living organisms with their
environment and sustain human life
Dilution - Answers -Classic pollution management, when population is low the
environment can assimilate organic wates
Environmental Laws Shape ___ - Answers -quality of our environment, quality of life,
and future generations
Era of Environmentalism - Answers -60s-70s, occurred after love canal and cuyahoga
river fire events
Complexities of Environmental Policy - Answers -Costly and invasive, often no
immediate results
Tragedy of the Commons - Answers -Every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit
from a given resource. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, every
individual who consumes an additional unit directly harms others who can no longer
enjoy the benefits.
Key Players in Policy - Answers -Congress, Executive Branch, and Lobbies
Congress - Answers -Bills originate, approved, revised and killed
Senate and house
Environmentalist - Answers -An advocate for the preservation, restoration, or
improvement of the natural environment
Advoate - Answers -Publicly supports a cause
Being "green" - Answers -pursue knowledge and practices ... which can help protect
the environmnet
Environmental Policy - Answers -- Environment: physical (ecosystems), social (health),
and economic (resource management_
- Policy: course of action or principle for problems involving human impact on
environment
Public Goods - Answers -environmental amenities shared by everyone, owned by none
Ecosystem Services - Answers -come from interactions of living organisms with their
environment and sustain human life
Dilution - Answers -Classic pollution management, when population is low the
environment can assimilate organic wates
Environmental Laws Shape ___ - Answers -quality of our environment, quality of life,
and future generations
Era of Environmentalism - Answers -60s-70s, occurred after love canal and cuyahoga
river fire events
Complexities of Environmental Policy - Answers -Costly and invasive, often no
immediate results
Tragedy of the Commons - Answers -Every individual tries to reap the greatest benefit
from a given resource. As the demand for the resource overwhelms the supply, every
individual who consumes an additional unit directly harms others who can no longer
enjoy the benefits.
Key Players in Policy - Answers -Congress, Executive Branch, and Lobbies
Congress - Answers -Bills originate, approved, revised and killed
Senate and house
