FNR 12500 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS COMPLETE WITH 100%
VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: size of human population of the world -
ANSWERS-8 billion
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: size of human population of the USA -
ANSWERS-340 million
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: number of people added
annually to world's population - ANSWERS-83 million
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: Number of species known - ANSWERS-1.8
million species
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: Number of species estimated - ANSWERS-5-
10 million
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: annual extinctions
worldwide - ANSWERS-17,500
,\.scientist who impartially examines the interactions among living
things and the environment - ANSWERS-ecologist
\.scientist who studies the environment and our role in it - ANSWERS-
environmental scientist
\.a person working in the social or political arena to reduce negative
human environmental impacts - ANSWERS-environmentalist
\.Scientific Method - ANSWERS-1) Make observations
2) Identify a specific question
3) Propose an answer
4) Form answer into hypothesis = answer that is testable
5) Design a test and predict outcome
6) Conduct test = experiment
-Collect data and interpret results
7) Reject or revise hypothesis if predictions not supported
8) Peer review
\.Accounts for incidents of random chance that can never be removed
completely from a scientific experiment - ANSWERS-95% Threshold
, \.Actions taken by groups to address problems not solvable by
individuals - ANSWERS-politics
\.Political problems - ANSWERS--"public perceptions make political
reality,"
-fragmentation of authority
-incremental decision making
-increasing partisanship
\.Goal of Economics - ANSWERS-to increase efficiency of resource use
by satisfying the greatest number of consumer demands
\.Ideal free markets - ANSWERS-Market where prices (value) is set up by
supply and demand and uses individual transactions
\.Government Regulations - ANSWERS-Where prices (value) are set up
by the government
\.Idea free markets problems - ANSWERS-1. Externalities
2. Free markets favor private goods
\.Government Regulations problems - ANSWERS-1. Inefficient; ignore
cost of compliance
VERIFIED ANSWERS
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: size of human population of the world -
ANSWERS-8 billion
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: size of human population of the USA -
ANSWERS-340 million
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: number of people added
annually to world's population - ANSWERS-83 million
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: Number of species known - ANSWERS-1.8
million species
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: Number of species estimated - ANSWERS-5-
10 million
\.Ecological Literacy Survey: annual extinctions
worldwide - ANSWERS-17,500
,\.scientist who impartially examines the interactions among living
things and the environment - ANSWERS-ecologist
\.scientist who studies the environment and our role in it - ANSWERS-
environmental scientist
\.a person working in the social or political arena to reduce negative
human environmental impacts - ANSWERS-environmentalist
\.Scientific Method - ANSWERS-1) Make observations
2) Identify a specific question
3) Propose an answer
4) Form answer into hypothesis = answer that is testable
5) Design a test and predict outcome
6) Conduct test = experiment
-Collect data and interpret results
7) Reject or revise hypothesis if predictions not supported
8) Peer review
\.Accounts for incidents of random chance that can never be removed
completely from a scientific experiment - ANSWERS-95% Threshold
, \.Actions taken by groups to address problems not solvable by
individuals - ANSWERS-politics
\.Political problems - ANSWERS--"public perceptions make political
reality,"
-fragmentation of authority
-incremental decision making
-increasing partisanship
\.Goal of Economics - ANSWERS-to increase efficiency of resource use
by satisfying the greatest number of consumer demands
\.Ideal free markets - ANSWERS-Market where prices (value) is set up by
supply and demand and uses individual transactions
\.Government Regulations - ANSWERS-Where prices (value) are set up
by the government
\.Idea free markets problems - ANSWERS-1. Externalities
2. Free markets favor private goods
\.Government Regulations problems - ANSWERS-1. Inefficient; ignore
cost of compliance
