BYU PWS 150 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASSBYU PWS 150 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS

BYU PWS 150 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS 100% PASS


Precautionary Principle -

CORRECT ANSWER: Better safe than sorry




QUESTION: Global Health Burden of Pollution -

CORRECT ANSWER: 8-9 million die from air pollution




Air pollution is the worst kind of pollution




11.3 million total die from pollution




QUESTION: Environmental Justice -

,CORRECT ANSWER: Sharing of benefits generated from

environmental degradation




Proportional distribution tuition costs and consequences of

environmental degradation.




Environmental Injustice - Dugway proving grounds bombs




QUESTION: Planetary Boundaries -

CORRECT ANSWER: Genetic diversity is reaching the point of no

return




QUESTION: Threshold -

CORRECT ANSWER: Point of no return




Boundaries and thresholds are not exactly the same

, Threshold = one specific point




Boundaries = around the area, more levels




QUESTION: Why is UT air better? -

CORRECT ANSWER: In Utah we are coasting along at the same level

of air pollution because of the clean air act, it made our air a lot better




QUESTION: The Great Acceleration -

CORRECT ANSWER: -Since the 1950's all graphs starting increasing

exponentially

-Greatest change happens in the last minute




QUESTION: Influencing our relationship with nature -

CORRECT ANSWER: Market based policies - Carbon tax