Ch 1&2

Front

The amount of a product people will buy at a given price if free to do so is ____________________.

Back

demand

Front

____________________ involves efforts to influence an elected official into supporting a specific interest.

Back

Lobbying

Front

A law that prohibits dumping wastes into the ocean and punishes people who dump waste demonstrates which approach to environmental policy?

Back

command and control

Front

Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource?
Options: crude oil, coal, sunlight, natural gas

Back

sunlight

Front

Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable natural resource? wind energy, Sunlight, Geothermal energy, Natural gas

Back

Natural gas

Front

What do the resources in the middle of the diagram represent?

Back

Resources that could become non-renewable

Front

What do the resources in the left of the diagram represent?

Back

Renewable resources

Front

What do the resources in the right of the diagram represent?

Back

Non-renewable resources

Front

In an experiment, a scientist adds fertilizer to one pond to compare the algae growth to a pond that does not receive fertilizer.

Back

dependent variable.

Front

Which of the following would value the well-being of species, communities, or ecosystems over the welfare of a given individual?
Biocentrism, Ecocentrism, Anthropocentrism, Environmentalism

Back

Ecocentrism