Environmental Science Chapter 1 Section 2

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“If I don’t use this resource, someone else will.”

• a. cost = benefit analysis

• b. sustainability

• c. “Tragedy of the Commons”

• d. developed nation

• e. law of supply and demand

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helps determine a product’s worth

• a. cost = benefit analysis

• b. sustainability

• c. “Tragedy of the Commons”

• d. developed nation

• e. law of supply and demand

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may be used to determine how much to spend to control pollution

• a. cost = benefit analysis

• b. sustainability

• c. “Tragedy of the Commons”

• d. developed nation

• e. law of supply and demand

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diverse individual economies

• a. cost = benefit analysis

• b. sustainability

• c. “Tragedy of the Commons”

• d. developed nation

• e. law of supply and demand

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human needs may be met indefinitely

• a. cost = benefit analysis

• b. sustainability

• c. “Tragedy of the Commons”

• d. developed nation

• e. law of supply and demand

What represents Earth’s “modern commons”?

• a. shared natural resources

• b. protected grasslands

• c. threatened species

• d. unpolluted habitats

According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of oil declined but the demand remained the same?

• a. Oil prices would drop.

• b. Oil prices would increase.

• c. Oil usage would drop.

• d. Oil usage would increase.

An ecological footprint is the

• a. mark a person’s shoe makes in soft earth.

• b. number of animals a person has killed.

• c. amount of land and ocean area needed to support one person.

• d. number of trees people cut down.

Compared to developing nations, developed nations have

• a. lower health standards

• b. faster-growing populations.

• c. greater personal wealth.

• d. declining populations.

Which of the following is a “developing” nation?

• a. the United States

• b. France

• c. Canada

• d. Ethiopia