Environmentalism Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Environmental Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Environmental science is the study of the interaction of humans with the environment. Which of these would NOT be included part of the environment - ANSWER-All of these would be considered part of environment Environmental science is an interdisciplinary field of study. This means..... - ANSWER-Many science and non-science fields of study, such as economics and politics, are included. The Arctic national wildlife refuge is a section of ...

George Perkins Marsh Correct Answer: Man and Nature Impact of people on the environment -deforestation -overgrazing Influenced Roosevelt Teddy Roosevelt & Pinchot Correct Answer: Created US forest service Utilitarian conservation (pragmatic) -should use resources, but wisely -to the benefit of the most people but mostly to those who are alive right now -economic standpoint John Muir Correct Answer: Writer 2 Religious (spiritual values) Sierra Club - one of the most important cons...

What caused the 2008 recession? CORRECT ANSWER MAINLY Subprime mortgages - reselling of subprime mortgages as mortgage-backed securities worldwide (Lehman Brothers bank goes bankrupt) - The US gov encourages banks to lower their interest rates -- inadequate regulation of the banks and other financial institutions - The excess in both U.S. borrowing and East Asian countries' savings leads to trade deficits (US overspends) Critical Perspectives CORRECT ANSWER - 4 perspectives that criticiz...

APES VOCAB LATEST 2023 100% CORRECT environment the circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or group of organisms as well as the complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an individual or community environmental science the systematic, scientific study of our environment as well as our role in it utilitarian conservation a philosophy that resources should be used for the greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time biocentric preservation a philosophy th...

Test Bank for Business Law and the Legal Environment Version 3.0 by Don Mayer, Daniel Warner, George Siedel, and Jethro K. Lieberman. Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 53 Chapter 1: Introduction to Law and Legal Systems 1.1 What Is Law? 1.2 Schools of Legal Thought 1.3 Basic Concepts and Categories of U.S. Law 1.4 Who Makes the Law 1.5 Legal and Political Systems of the World 1.6 A Sample Case 1.7 Summary and Exercises Chapter 2: Introduction to Corporate Social Resp...

Summary of all the seminar slides and articles. Year 2023/2024

Raymond Williams "Ideas of Nature" 1980 - Answer does nature include humans? to know nature was to know god nature and god became divided as a species we want to intervene and we desire nature is separate from man we do not know nature or appreciate its changing conditions William Cronon "The Trouble with Wilderness: Or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature" 1996 - Answer honor the wild respect use and non-use acknowledge autonomy of the other ask if a part of nature we need to u...

environmental science exam review questions & answers 2023/2024 Buildings, forest, people - ANSWER-which of the following are considered part of the environment? environmental scientist - ANSWER-a person holding a sing during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest would be considered an nonrenewable - ANSWER-a natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called wave energy - ANSWER-which of the following is an example of a renewable natural...

APES - The ULTIMATE AP Exam Quizletpfiesteria - correct answer a microscopic free-living aquatic organism that emits a potent toxin that rapidly kills fish can it harm humans as well? can have up to 24 different life stages under most conditions, pfiesteria is harmless and feeds on algae, but with high concentrations of nutrients and high fish populations, evolves into a carnivore that emits toxins and burrows into the fish, then becomes an amoeba that engulfs tissue off fish corpses, and fin...

Environmental Science Exam 1 (Chapters 1, 2, 3) Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Which of the following is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment? - ANSWER-Environmental science Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource? - ANSWER-Sunlight A(n) __________ expresses environmental impact in terms of the cumulative area of land and water required to provide the resources a person consumes. - ANSWE...