Environmental Science Pretest/Intro

Much of the current environmental crisis is rooted in:

• The development of environmental laws.
• The increase in environmental justice concern.
• The widening gap between rich and poor nations.
• The narrowing of the gap between rich and poor nations.

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EN.ESS2.4

EN.ESS3.1.1

Sustainable development occurs when social, environmental, and economic concerns are met.

• True
• False

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EN.ESS3.1.1

The rapid growth of the human population is the core cause of the current environmental crisis.

• True
• False

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EN.ESS3.1.1

Match the following terms with their definitions

• Everything that affects an organism during its lifetime

• Sustainability

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

• Environment

• A group of interacting species along with their physical environment

• Ecosystem

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EN.ESS3.1

Match the following

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

• Ecocentrism

• All forms of life have an inherent right to exist.

• Anthropocentrism

• All environmental responsibility is derived from human interests alone.

• Biocentrism

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EN.LS2.7

Match the following

• One species benefits, the other is not affected

• Commensalism

• One species benefits, the other is harmed

• Mutualism

• Both species benefit

• Parasitism

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EN.LS2.7

What is the primary cause of the greenhouse effect?

• Deforestation

• Industrial pollution

• Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion

• Ozone layer depletion

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EN.ESS3.1

The basic premise behind 'The tragedy of the commons' is

• 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.

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EN.LS2.7

Man has a tendency to misuse or overexploit any resource that is held in common public ownership.

• True

• False

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EN.LS2.7

What is environmental justice?

• 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.

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EN.LS2.7