ES MIdterm

What is environmental science

• The study of the earth and all living things

• The study of our planet’s natural system and how humans and the environment affect each other

• The study of the earth surface and air

What is the current trend in human population and resource consumption

• Human population is increasing and resources consumption is decreasing

• Human population is decreasing and resource consumption is increases

• Human population goes up and resources consumption increases

What is environmental ethics?

• The application of ethical standards to the relationship between humans and the environment

• The process of selecting environmental issues over human issues

Humans are the most important

• Biocentrism

• Anthropocentrism

• Ecocentrism

All living things have value, some maybe more important than others

• Biocentrism

• Anthropocentrism

• Ecocentrism

Well being of a species or community are more important than the individual

• Biocentrism

• Anthropocentrism

• Ecocentrism

What best describes the study of economics

• The behavior of financial institutions and how governments control interest rates

• Cash flow and profits of company and how banks lend money

• Economics is the study of how resources are converted into goods and services and how these goods and services are distributed. it is based on money and hiuman behavior

What is the relationship between economies and the envirnoment

• Econmic activities can negatively affect the environment and can also lead to negative econmic growth

• Economies have little to no affect on environmental issues

• Goods and services use resources from the environment but do not affect the economy

What is the purpose of environmental policy

• Guidlines for how natural resources are used

• Laws that govern the use of land and resources

• General plans and principles that address the interactions between humans and the environment

What period of US environmental policy was about exploration.

• first period late 1800s

• Late 1800s to mid 19OO second period

• Mid to late 1900s or third period