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CHAPTER 1
The Role of Economics in Environmental Management
TRUE-FALSE
1. In the Circular Flow Model, money flows are disregarded.
Answer: F
2. Within the Circular Flow Model, households are assumed to be the owners of all factors
of production, including the natural resources.
Answer: T
3. Residuals are by-products, or pollution, left in the environment after a technological or
natural process as occurred.
Answer: T
4. The discipline concerned with the resource flow from economic activity back to nature is
known as natural resource economics.
Answer: F
5. According to the first law of thermodynamics, matter and energy can be destroyed but
not created.
Answer: F
6. Nature’s capacity to convert matter and energy is limitless.
Answer: F
7. According to BMW Group, plastics are among the simplest materials to recycle.
Answer: F
8. Natural pollutants are those linked to human activity.
Answer: F
9. Chemical wastes associated with the manufacturer of solvents are anthropogenic
pollutants.
Answer: T
10. An airplane is a point source of pollution.
Answer: T
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11. Runoff from urban streets is an example of nonpoint source pollution.
Answer: T
12. Since acidic deposition arises around the world, it is considered to be global pollution.
Answer: F
13. The warmer temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico may have increased the magnitude and
extent of the damages linked to the Gulf oil spill in 2010.
Answer: F
14. When scientists first identified the ‘ozone hole’ over the Antarctic region in the 1980s, it
was less than 10 miles in diameter.
Answer: F
15. Concern for managing natural resources to ensure their quality and abundance for future
generations is called sustainable development.
Answer: T
16. Proponents of an environmentally adjusted measure of national income believe that
environmental pollution linked to production should be recorded as a loss in the system
of national accounts (SNA).
Answer: T
17. Improvements made to China’s environment in preparation for the Olympic Games in
2008 have been maintained and even enhanced over time.
Answer: F
18. The economic criteria concerned with minimizing resource use to achieve an objective is
known as allocative efficiency.
Answer: F
19. Setting an air quality standard is an example of a command and control approach to
improving the environment.
Answer: T
20. A tax imposed on emissions is an example of the market approach to pollution control.
Answer: T
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CHAPTER 1
The Role of Economics in Environmental Management
TRUE-FALSE
1. In the Circular Flow Model, money flows are disregarded.
Answer: F
2. Within the Circular Flow Model, households are assumed to be the owners of all factors
of production, including the natural resources.
Answer: T
3. Residuals are by-products, or pollution, left in the environment after a technological or
natural process as occurred.
Answer: T
4. The discipline concerned with the resource flow from economic activity back to nature is
known as natural resource economics.
Answer: F
5. According to the first law of thermodynamics, matter and energy can be destroyed but
not created.
Answer: F
6. Nature’s capacity to convert matter and energy is limitless.
Answer: F
7. According to BMW Group, plastics are among the simplest materials to recycle.
Answer: F
8. Natural pollutants are those linked to human activity.
Answer: F
9. Chemical wastes associated with the manufacturer of solvents are anthropogenic
pollutants.
Answer: T
10. An airplane is a point source of pollution.
Answer: T
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11. Runoff from urban streets is an example of nonpoint source pollution.
Answer: T
12. Since acidic deposition arises around the world, it is considered to be global pollution.
Answer: F
13. The warmer temperatures in the Gulf of Mexico may have increased the magnitude and
extent of the damages linked to the Gulf oil spill in 2010.
Answer: F
14. When scientists first identified the ‘ozone hole’ over the Antarctic region in the 1980s, it
was less than 10 miles in diameter.
Answer: F
15. Concern for managing natural resources to ensure their quality and abundance for future
generations is called sustainable development.
Answer: T
16. Proponents of an environmentally adjusted measure of national income believe that
environmental pollution linked to production should be recorded as a loss in the system
of national accounts (SNA).
Answer: T
17. Improvements made to China’s environment in preparation for the Olympic Games in
2008 have been maintained and even enhanced over time.
Answer: F
18. The economic criteria concerned with minimizing resource use to achieve an objective is
known as allocative efficiency.
Answer: F
19. Setting an air quality standard is an example of a command and control approach to
improving the environment.
Answer: T
20. A tax imposed on emissions is an example of the market approach to pollution control.
Answer: T
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