ENV Final Exam: Practice Questions, Answers & Comprehensive Study
Guide
What is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and
landscape, work together to form a bubble of life? - correct answer ✔✔ecosystem
What is the term for a multitude of living/non-living things and conditions on Earth that sustain
life? - correct answer ✔✔environment
the use of environmentally friendly materials, or participating in any other task that is
environmentally friendly, in order to guarantee a safe future a long with a healthy planet. It
allows for us to take care of our current environment and not put the future of society at risk;
the long-term viability of a community, set of social institutions, or societal practice. - correct
answer ✔✔Sustainability
What is the term for any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its
phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation? - correct
answer ✔✔science
We can all be influenced by different factors when it comes to determining factual information
about the current state of environmental health. Name 3 influences which shape our view of
the environment. - correct answer ✔✔Social culture
Personal experiences
Media
Junk science
Economics
Self worth
Political factors
, What is the name of the principle that no community should bear more environmental burdens
or enjoy fewer environmental benefits than others, that has its roots in the modern civil rights
movement? - correct answer ✔✔environmental justice
Name the type of research which helps planners and scientists gain insights from perspectives
of people in the community. - correct answer ✔✔community-based participatory research
Which of the following groups is exposed MOST disproportionately to pollution compared to
how much pollution they create? - correct answer ✔✔Latino/a Americans
An important concept about using environmental resources is the "tragedy of the commons."
This idea holds that if many users share a common resource without coordinating, paying for, or
limiting its use, the resource will become overexploited and will degrade until it is no longer
useful. The tragedy of the commons is considered an "externality." Identify if it is a positive or
negative externality and why. - correct answer ✔✔The tragedy of the commons is a negative
externality because the commons resource is overused, and there are not enough user costs or
restrictions to maintain it.
Environmental policy making has historically been a long, often drawn-out, convoluted process
which involves many federal government entities, as well as other stakeholders . List the stages
of the policy making process. - correct answer ✔✔Identify which problem to address
Crafting policy
Approving policy
Implementing policy
Evaluating policy
What is an approach to environmental ethics where moral concerns are focused on the interests
of humans? - correct answer ✔✔anthropocentrism
Guide
What is a geographic area where plants, animals, and other organisms, as well as weather and
landscape, work together to form a bubble of life? - correct answer ✔✔ecosystem
What is the term for a multitude of living/non-living things and conditions on Earth that sustain
life? - correct answer ✔✔environment
the use of environmentally friendly materials, or participating in any other task that is
environmentally friendly, in order to guarantee a safe future a long with a healthy planet. It
allows for us to take care of our current environment and not put the future of society at risk;
the long-term viability of a community, set of social institutions, or societal practice. - correct
answer ✔✔Sustainability
What is the term for any system of knowledge that is concerned with the physical world and its
phenomena and that entails unbiased observations and systematic experimentation? - correct
answer ✔✔science
We can all be influenced by different factors when it comes to determining factual information
about the current state of environmental health. Name 3 influences which shape our view of
the environment. - correct answer ✔✔Social culture
Personal experiences
Media
Junk science
Economics
Self worth
Political factors
, What is the name of the principle that no community should bear more environmental burdens
or enjoy fewer environmental benefits than others, that has its roots in the modern civil rights
movement? - correct answer ✔✔environmental justice
Name the type of research which helps planners and scientists gain insights from perspectives
of people in the community. - correct answer ✔✔community-based participatory research
Which of the following groups is exposed MOST disproportionately to pollution compared to
how much pollution they create? - correct answer ✔✔Latino/a Americans
An important concept about using environmental resources is the "tragedy of the commons."
This idea holds that if many users share a common resource without coordinating, paying for, or
limiting its use, the resource will become overexploited and will degrade until it is no longer
useful. The tragedy of the commons is considered an "externality." Identify if it is a positive or
negative externality and why. - correct answer ✔✔The tragedy of the commons is a negative
externality because the commons resource is overused, and there are not enough user costs or
restrictions to maintain it.
Environmental policy making has historically been a long, often drawn-out, convoluted process
which involves many federal government entities, as well as other stakeholders . List the stages
of the policy making process. - correct answer ✔✔Identify which problem to address
Crafting policy
Approving policy
Implementing policy
Evaluating policy
What is an approach to environmental ethics where moral concerns are focused on the interests
of humans? - correct answer ✔✔anthropocentrism
