BIOL 2213 EXAM STUDY SET WITH QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Lecture 19 -
What are human impacts intensifying? (6 things) - ANSWER Deforestation
Overfishing
Wetland loss
Resource extraction
Biodiversity loss
Climate change
Lecture 18 -
What is economy? - ANSWER A social system that converts resources into goods and
services
What is economics? - ANSWER The study of how people use resources to provide goods
and services in the face of demand
What are the 7 different non market values we can put on ecosystem goods? - ANSWER
Use value - worth of something we use directly
Existence value - knowing something exists but never experiencing it ourself
Option value - worth of something we might use later
Aesthetic value - worth of something's beauty
Scientific value - worth of something for research
Educational value - worth of something for teaching and learning
Cultural value - value of something that sustains or defines a culture
,What are the 17 ecosystem services? - ANSWER Storing water supplies
Regulating water flow
Forming soil
Providing genetic resources
Controlling erosion
Pollinating plants
Controlling pests
Providing cultural an educational opportunities
Dampening disturbance
Providing habitat
Supplying raw materials
Purifying air; regulating atmosphere
Regulating climate
Enabling recreation
Providing food
Treating waste; filtering runoff
What is the North American free trade agreement? - ANSWER Environmental policy that
eliminated trade barriers, such as tariffs on imports and exports, which made goods
cheaper to buy this occurred in USA, Mexico and Canada
What are the three major approaches to resolve environmental problems? - ANSWER
Lawsuits in the courts
Command and control policy
Economic policy tools
What is Ecolabeling? - ANSWER Tells consumers, which brands have been grown using
sustainable practices, such as recycle paper, organic foods, dolphin safe tuna, and
, sustainably harvested lumber
Sustainable development occurs when what three sets of goals overlap? - ANSWER
Environmental goals
Social goals
And economic goals
Lecture 17 - ANSWER
What is urbanization? - ANSWER The movement of people from rural to urban areas
SprawlmastWhat is sprawl? - ANSWER Sprawl is the spread of low density, urban or
suburban development at words from an urban centre
What causes sprawl? - ANSWER Human population growth
Per capita, land consumption: more people want more space and privacy
What is wrong with sprawl? - ANSWER Transportation - people are forced to drive cars,
own cars, drive greater distances, and it increases dependence on nonrenewable
petroleum
Pollution - carbon dioxide, air, pollutants, smog, acid precipitation, and motor oil in road
salt from roads and parking lots
Health - promotes physical inactivity, because driving cars replaces walking and
increase his obesity and high blood pressure
Land use - less forests, fields, farmland, or ranch land, and the loss of resources,
recreation, beauty, wildlife, habitat, and water and air purification
Lecture 19 -
What are human impacts intensifying? (6 things) - ANSWER Deforestation
Overfishing
Wetland loss
Resource extraction
Biodiversity loss
Climate change
Lecture 18 -
What is economy? - ANSWER A social system that converts resources into goods and
services
What is economics? - ANSWER The study of how people use resources to provide goods
and services in the face of demand
What are the 7 different non market values we can put on ecosystem goods? - ANSWER
Use value - worth of something we use directly
Existence value - knowing something exists but never experiencing it ourself
Option value - worth of something we might use later
Aesthetic value - worth of something's beauty
Scientific value - worth of something for research
Educational value - worth of something for teaching and learning
Cultural value - value of something that sustains or defines a culture
,What are the 17 ecosystem services? - ANSWER Storing water supplies
Regulating water flow
Forming soil
Providing genetic resources
Controlling erosion
Pollinating plants
Controlling pests
Providing cultural an educational opportunities
Dampening disturbance
Providing habitat
Supplying raw materials
Purifying air; regulating atmosphere
Regulating climate
Enabling recreation
Providing food
Treating waste; filtering runoff
What is the North American free trade agreement? - ANSWER Environmental policy that
eliminated trade barriers, such as tariffs on imports and exports, which made goods
cheaper to buy this occurred in USA, Mexico and Canada
What are the three major approaches to resolve environmental problems? - ANSWER
Lawsuits in the courts
Command and control policy
Economic policy tools
What is Ecolabeling? - ANSWER Tells consumers, which brands have been grown using
sustainable practices, such as recycle paper, organic foods, dolphin safe tuna, and
, sustainably harvested lumber
Sustainable development occurs when what three sets of goals overlap? - ANSWER
Environmental goals
Social goals
And economic goals
Lecture 17 - ANSWER
What is urbanization? - ANSWER The movement of people from rural to urban areas
SprawlmastWhat is sprawl? - ANSWER Sprawl is the spread of low density, urban or
suburban development at words from an urban centre
What causes sprawl? - ANSWER Human population growth
Per capita, land consumption: more people want more space and privacy
What is wrong with sprawl? - ANSWER Transportation - people are forced to drive cars,
own cars, drive greater distances, and it increases dependence on nonrenewable
petroleum
Pollution - carbon dioxide, air, pollutants, smog, acid precipitation, and motor oil in road
salt from roads and parking lots
Health - promotes physical inactivity, because driving cars replaces walking and
increase his obesity and high blood pressure
Land use - less forests, fields, farmland, or ranch land, and the loss of resources,
recreation, beauty, wildlife, habitat, and water and air purification
