CHAPTER 1

Which of the following is not evidence of pollution in our history?

• methyl mercury from metal production in glaciers

• historic documents describing the filthy conditions in cities

• An area of land is currently deforested

• soot (black carbon) on stone age cave walls

What did the industrial revolution not cause?

• human population growth

• clean air

• build up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• epidemics of cholera and typhoid

Which disaster encouraged Germany and other nations to stop generating electricity with nuclear energy?

• The 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico

• The 1984 Bhopal disaster in India

• The 2011 Fukushima Daichi disaster in Japan

• The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Russia

Preventing land from development by setting it aside as a nature preserve (National Park) in order to preserve biodiversity for the future is an example of which Environmental Value System (EVS)?

• Technocentric and anthropocentric

• Technocentric

• Ecocentric

• Anthropocentric

Which EVS argues that the saving the environment cannot happen at the expense of the economy?

• Antropoentric

• Ecocentric

• Both anthropocentric and technocentric

• Technocentric

An Environmental Value System (EVS) can be viewed as a system as it has inputs, outputs and feedback machanisms. Correctly select examples of inputs and outputs from the following examples:

I. Personal decisions

II. Education

III. Personal action

IV. Personal experiences

V. Media

• Inputs: I, II, IV - Outputs: III, V

• Inputs: II, IV, V - Outputs: I, III

• Inputs: I, III, V - Outputs: II, V

• Inputs: II, V - Outputs: I, III, IV

Rachel Carson is famous for ___________.

• starting the modern environment movement

• helping scientists study and understand biomagnification of toxins in food webs

• making the public aware of the dangers of using DDT as pesticide in her book 'Silent Spring'.

• All of these

Which is an example of a technocentric organization?

• GreenPeace supporting scientific research for the purpose of educating the public.

• The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species

• Sea Shepher Conservation Society getting between whales and whaling ships hunting them.

• Tesla building electric cars

Which one of the following options is not an input into an environmental value system?

• religion

• media

• education

• decision

When did the agricultural revolution occur?

• Mid 1700s

• mid 20th century

• middle ages

• late 19th century