Environmental Science Pretest/Intro

Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generatio

A group of interacting species along with their physical environment

The environment deserves moral consideration and not consideration that is derived from human needs

All forms of life have an inherent right to exist.

All environmental responsibility is derived from human interests alone.

One species benefits, the other is not affected

One species benefits, the other is harmed

Both species benefit

Deforestation

Industrial pollution

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion

Ozone layer depletion

A resource becomes overexploited when its ownership is shared.

Pollution prevention costs less than pollution clean-up.

When assessing risk, people frequently overestimate unfamiliar risks.

All of these are correct.

True

False

It is related to laws passed by Congress in the early 1900s.

It is directed only at wild nature.

It is not linked to community-based organizations.

It is the social justice expression of environmental ethics.