Chapter 10 APES

Paving over land sourfaces can:

i. reroute runoff

ii. create heat islands

iii. absorb heat from the sun and reradiate it

• i only

• i and ii

• i and iii

• all i,ii,iii

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What is: the tendency of a shared, limited resource to become depleted because people act from self-interest gain.

• tragedy of the commons

• externality

• maximum sustainable yield

• mudslide

What will happen if the use of common land is not regulated in some way by the gov't or users?

• land can be easily degraded to the point at which it can no longer support use

• land can be hard to degrade to the point at which it can no longer support use

• land can be easily degraded to the point at which it can support use

• land can be hardly degraded to the point at which it can support use

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The tragedy of the commons is the outcome of an economic phenomenon called:

• positive externality

• negative externality

• positive feedback loop

• negative feedback loop

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The cost or benefit of a good or service that is not included in the purchase price of that good or service is called:

• maximum sustainable yield

• tragedy of the commons

• externality

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Negative externalities can lead to:

• serious environmental damage in which no one is considered responsible in a legal or financial way

• little environmental damage in which few people are considered responsible in a legal or financial way

• serious environmental damage in which everyone is considered responsible in a legal or financial way

• moderate environmental damage in which everyone is considered responsible in a legal or financial way

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What do economist believe can prevent the tragedy of the commons?

• non-partial ownership

• partial ownership

• public ownership

• private ownership

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

What does Professor Elinor Ostrom show can prevent the tragedy of the commons?

• regulation by negative externalities

• self regulation by resource users

• regulation by federal law

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What is the maximum amount of a renewable resource that can be harvested without compromising the future availability of the resource:

• positive externality

• Maximum sustainable yield

• negative externality

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Harvesting the MSY should permit:

• Definite use without depletion of the resource

• Indefinite use with depletion of the resource

• Definite use without depletion of the resource

• Indefinite use without depletion of the resource

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-3