NR 435 Midterm 2 questions
and answers 2025
Conservation Movement - answer seeks to protect natural resources and
their habitats for the future, sustainable yield, biodiversity
Bernard Fernow - answer third chief of USDA Division of Forestry, laid the
groundwork for the US Forest Service, "father of professional forestry in
the US"
Lacey Act - answer conservation law that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish,
and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold,
introduced by John Lacey, signed into office by President McKinley, civil
and criminal penalties if violated
Gifford Pinchot - answer first chief of US Forest Service, conservation
through planned use and renewal, conservation ethics
John Muir - answer preservation of wilderness, founder of Sierra Club,
established Yosemite, Father of National Parks,
Preservation - answer Protection of nature from use, while conservation =
proper use of nature, sought to eliminate human impacts all together,
wilderness preser
Utilitarianism - answer best action is the one that maximizes utility.
Jeremy Bentham, considers all interests equally
NEPA - answer 1969/70, CEQ, Nixon, requires federal agencies to assess
the environmental effects of their proposed actions
, Cooperative Federalism - answer national, state, and local governments
work together to solve common problems, rather than making policies
separately,
Economic Growth v. Air Quality - answer inverse relationship between the
two, given the income level, the pollution level decreases as the capital
intensity of an economy rises
Corporate Social Responsibility - answer form of corporate self regulation,
self-regulatory method where businesses monitor and ensure their active
compliance with the law and ethics
Conservation Ethics - answer conservation is an ethic of resource use,
allocation, and protection, maintaining the health of the natural world
Deep Ecology - answer promotes the inherent worth of living beings
regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs, natural world is a
subtle balance of complex inter-relationships in which the existence of
organisms is dependent on the existence of others within ecosystems
Land Ethic - answer theoretical framework about how, ethically, humans
should regard the land, coined by Aldo Leopold in A Sand County Almanac,
Profession - answer type of job that requires specific training
Professional Ethics - answer encompasses personal, organizational, and
corporate standards of behavior expected by professionals,
Legislative Powers - answer passing laws, originating spending bills,
impeaching officials, and approving treaties, headed by Congress, but
includes Senate and House of Representatives
Legislative Limitations - answer judicial branch makes sure they don't do
unconstitutional things, executive branch can veto, have to vote and have
to get elected
and answers 2025
Conservation Movement - answer seeks to protect natural resources and
their habitats for the future, sustainable yield, biodiversity
Bernard Fernow - answer third chief of USDA Division of Forestry, laid the
groundwork for the US Forest Service, "father of professional forestry in
the US"
Lacey Act - answer conservation law that prohibits trade in wildlife, fish,
and plants that have been illegally taken, possessed, transported, or sold,
introduced by John Lacey, signed into office by President McKinley, civil
and criminal penalties if violated
Gifford Pinchot - answer first chief of US Forest Service, conservation
through planned use and renewal, conservation ethics
John Muir - answer preservation of wilderness, founder of Sierra Club,
established Yosemite, Father of National Parks,
Preservation - answer Protection of nature from use, while conservation =
proper use of nature, sought to eliminate human impacts all together,
wilderness preser
Utilitarianism - answer best action is the one that maximizes utility.
Jeremy Bentham, considers all interests equally
NEPA - answer 1969/70, CEQ, Nixon, requires federal agencies to assess
the environmental effects of their proposed actions
, Cooperative Federalism - answer national, state, and local governments
work together to solve common problems, rather than making policies
separately,
Economic Growth v. Air Quality - answer inverse relationship between the
two, given the income level, the pollution level decreases as the capital
intensity of an economy rises
Corporate Social Responsibility - answer form of corporate self regulation,
self-regulatory method where businesses monitor and ensure their active
compliance with the law and ethics
Conservation Ethics - answer conservation is an ethic of resource use,
allocation, and protection, maintaining the health of the natural world
Deep Ecology - answer promotes the inherent worth of living beings
regardless of their instrumental utility to human needs, natural world is a
subtle balance of complex inter-relationships in which the existence of
organisms is dependent on the existence of others within ecosystems
Land Ethic - answer theoretical framework about how, ethically, humans
should regard the land, coined by Aldo Leopold in A Sand County Almanac,
Profession - answer type of job that requires specific training
Professional Ethics - answer encompasses personal, organizational, and
corporate standards of behavior expected by professionals,
Legislative Powers - answer passing laws, originating spending bills,
impeaching officials, and approving treaties, headed by Congress, but
includes Senate and House of Representatives
Legislative Limitations - answer judicial branch makes sure they don't do
unconstitutional things, executive branch can veto, have to vote and have
to get elected
