The Environment and Society

"The Tragedy of the Commons" can best be described as

• helps to determine a product's worth

• If I don't use this resource, someone else will

• diverse individual economies

• how homan needs may be met indefinitely

A company sets the price of its product at $10.00. No one wants the product, so the price is lowered to $9.00. Demand for the product increases at the new lower price point and the company begins to make money and a profit.

This is an example of:

• Sustainability

• Law of of supply and demand

• Risk Assessment

• The Tragedy of the Commons

The cost of environmental regulations is often passed on to the consumer or taxpayer. The consumer can then choose to either pay for the more expensive product that meets environmental regulations or find a cheaper product wihout the same environmental safeguards. This is known as:

• The Tragedy of the Commons

• Sustainability

• Law of supply and demand

• Cost-benefit analysis

Which of the following represents Earths modern commons?

• shared natural resources

• protected grasslands

• polluted habitats

• biodiversity

A developed country will have higher average incomes, slower population growth, diverse industrial economies, and stronger social supports systems. Which of the following are considered developed countries?

• Canda

• Ethiopia

• Haiti

• Japan

Sustainability is..

• the term used to describe the productive area of Earth needed to support the lifestyle of one person in a particular country.

• one tool that helps us create cost effective ways to protect our health and environment.

• an undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms.

• is the condition in which human need are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely at a standard of living similar to the current one.

On average, an ecological footprint is ____________ times larger as the footprint of a person on a developing country.

• two

• three

• four

• ten

What is the carbon footprint?

• the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country.

• the amount of carbon dioxide that is released into the atmosphere to support a person's lifestyle.

• the condition in which human needs are met in such a way that human population can survive indefinitely compared to current conditions.

• plant and animal domestication.

Which of the following are renewable resources?

• energy from the sun

• oil

• water

• wind

Environmental problems in developed countries tend to be related to ____________________, while __________________ tends to be a problem in developing countries.

• consumption; population growth

• population growth; consumption

• malnutrition,; obesity