Environmental Science Ch#2 Economics and Environmental Policies

The amount of good available

• demand

• policy

• supply

• subsidy

the study of economics as a component of ecological systems

• lobbying

• ecological

  economics

• economics

• subsidy

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

The study of how people seek to satisfy their needs and wants by making choices

• economics

• policy

• environmental

  economics

• subsidy

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

Consumer willingness and ability to buy products

• demand

• policy

• lobbying

• subsidy

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

values not usually included in the price of goods or services

• cost-benefit

  analysis

• demand

• non-market

  values

• economics

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

a situation in which the free market, operating on its own, does not distribute resources efficiently

• market

  failure

• cost-benefit

  analysis

• environmental

  policy

• policy

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

A report required by federal law that assesses the possible effect of a project on the environment if the project is subsidized in whole or part by federal funds.

• lobbying

• subsidy

• policy

• Environmental

  Impact

  Statement

a strategy for pollution control that involves regulations and enforcement mechanisms

• subsidy

• command and

  control approach

• policy

• lobbying

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

a study that compares the costs and benefits to society of providing a public good

• policy

• economics

• demand

• cost-benefit

  analysis

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

system that tells consumers which brands are made with processes that do not harm the environment

• subsidy

• cost-benefit

  analysis

• policy

• ecolabeling

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7