ES Unit 1 Skill C Mastery Check

What should be considered when developing environmental policies?

• Economic growth
• Ethics
• Environmental impacts
• Impacts on businesses and people
• All the above

A set of moral principles or values held by a person or a society is called

• a. ethics
• b. justice
• c. culture
• d. biocentrism

An ecocentric point of view believes that the well-being of a species or community is more important than that of an individual group

• true
• false

Anthropocentrism describes a worldwide view in which all components of an ecosystem have value

• true
• false

A human-centered view of our relationship with the environment is known as

• Biocentrism
• Ecocentrism
• Anthropocentrism
• Environmentalism

What is ethics?

• The study of ecosystems
• The study of what is morally right and wrong
• The study of government policies
• The study of production, distribution, and consumption of natural resources

What is the relationship between economics and the environment?

• Economics is separate from the environment
• A healthy economy depends on the sustainable use of natural resources
• The environment always thrives in a growing economy

What does the traditional economic model fail to consider?

• How producing goods and using resources can harm the environment
• How inflation affects natural resources
• The trading of natural resources between countries
• Supply and demand for different products

Which of the following is an example of an ecosystem service?

• Government regulations on pollution
• Trees providing oxygen and storing carbon
• A company increasing the price of a natural resource
• A law protecting endangered species

Which is not an example of an international organization?

• The United Nations
• The World Trade Organization
• The National Park Service
• Greenpeace