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Environmental Systems :Unit 10 - Practice Test

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Policy that avoids potential environmental problems follows the ___.

a)

environmental-justice principle

b)

precautionary principle

c)

reversibility principle

d)

prevention principle

2.

The ___ regulates how industries dispose of hazardous wastes.

a)

Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

b)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

c)

Hazardous Waste Act

d)

Resource and Hazardous Compensation Act

3.

In ___ economics, natural capital is a subset of the economy.

a)

ecological

b)

neoclassical

c)

environmental

d)

traditional

4.

A fine paid by a company because of its pollution is an example of ___.

a)

a green tax

b)

a grant

c)

cap and trade

d)

a subsidy

5.

A(n) ___ worldview believes that while humans are most important, they have an obligation to leave the earth a better place for future generations.

a)

deep-ecological

b)

stewardship

c)

planetary-management

d)

environmental-wisdom

6.

​​​​​​​​​Policy that tries to avoid potential pollution even if not all the scientific studies have been done follows the ___.

a)

precautionary principle

b)

prevention principle

c)

reversibility principle

d)

environmental-justice principle

7.

In ___ economics, the economy is a subset of natural capital.

a)

ecological

b)

environmental

c)

traditional

d)

neoclassical

8.

Radioactive waste containers need to last for ____.

a)

a couple centuries

b)

millennia

c)

a couple decades

d)

a few years

9.

Liquid hazardous waste can be temporarily disposed of to reduce volume through ___.

a)

surface impoundments

b)

hazardous sanitary landfills

c)

deep-well injection

d)

incineration

10.

A(n) ___ worldview believes that people should learn and apply natural ecosystem principles to managing earth's resources.

a)

ecological footprint

b)

planetary-management

c)

deep-ecological

d)

environmental-wisdom

11.

Reducing ___ helps people go green by giving them the resources to use more environmentally friendly practices.

a)

poverty

b)

unemployment

c)

subsidies

d)

taxes

12.

Sanitary landfills generate electricity through ___.

a)

methane gas

b)

natural gas

c)

leachate

d)

incineration

13.

A gift of money from the government to help develop solar-panel technology is an example of ___.

a)

a grant

b)

cap and trade

c)

a green tax

d)

a subsidy

14.

Policy that ensures that one group of people is not subjected to an unfair share of pollution follows the ___.

a)

environmental-justice principle

b)

prevention principle

c)

reversibility principle

d)

precautionary principle

15.

Define ecological footprint.

a)

the use of plants in a landscape that require little to no extra water for irrigation

b)

all the water that goes down a drain that has not come into contact with human waste

c)

environmental laws and regulations that are designed and enforced by government agencies

d)

a calculation of the amount of natural resources needed to support one's lifestyle

16.

Jim throws away his television. He should dispose of it as ___ waste.

a)

municipal solid

b)

hazardous

c)

industrial

d)

nuclear

17.

Biosphere 2 failed because carbon dioxide levels ___ to dangerous levels.

a)

decreased

b)

increased

18.

The ___ regulates how land that is polluted with hazardous substances is developed.

a)

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

b)

Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act

c)

Resource and Hazardous Compensation Act

d)

Hazardous Waste Act

19.

A(n) ___ worldview believes that even if natural resources run out, people will be able to use innovation to meet their needs.

a)

deep-ecological

b)

planetary-management

c)

environmental-wisdom

d)

stewardship

20.

___ cities aim to grow up, not out.

a)

Green

b)

Mixed-zoned

c)

Sustainable

d)

Smart-growth

21.

A company that pollutes more than allowed so it buys leftover pollution permits from another company is participating in ___.

a)

a subsidy

b)

a green tax

c)

a grant

d)

cap and trade