EnviSci 413 Review Quiz

Institutionalizing the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) System (1993) in the Philippines, making it a standard requirement for all projects and activities with potential environmental impacts.

• Presidential Circular No. 1586

• Presidential Circular No. 29

• Presidential Circular No. 97

• Presidential Circular No. 25

The Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 addresses the management of solid waste to protect public health and the environment. It encourages waste reduction, recycling, and proper disposal practices.

• Republic Act No. 1586

• Republic Act No. 9512

• Republic Act No. 9003

• Republic Act No. 7586

The National Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008 promotes environmental awareness and education in the Philippines. It mandates the integration of environmental education into the curriculum and encourages public participation in environmental protection.

• Republic Act No. 1586

• Republic Act No. 9512

• Republic Act No. 9003

• Republic Act No. 7586

Which of the following are International Environmental Protocols? (Multiple answers)

• The Montreal Protocol on

  Substances that Deplete the

  Ozone Layer

• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)

• Kyoto Protocol

• Stockholm Convention on

  POPs (Persistent Organic

  Pollutants)

The process through which populations of living organisms adapt and change.

• Disruptive selection

• Directional selection

• Natural selection

• Stabilizing selection

A professional discipline concerned with protecting people from adverse environmental effects as well as protecting ecosystems and improving the quality of the environment.

• Environmental Science

• Environmental Engineering

• Environmental Education

• Environmental Ethics

An interdisciplinary study of how natural and man-made processes interact with one another and ultimately affect the various biomes of Earth.

• Environmental Science

• Environmental Engineering

• Environmental Education

• Environmental Ethics

Science seeks to understand the fundamental principles, laws, and processes that govern the universe, living organisms, and the Earth’s natural systems.

• Environmental Science

• Natural Science

• Biology

• all of the choices

What was one of the key driving forces behind the emergence of environmental ethics as a field of study?

• Concern for the ethical treatment of animals.

• Recognition of the moral relationship between humans and the environment.

• The desire to promote economic development.

• all of the choices

Describes solid waste management as a discipline associated with the control of generation, storage, collection, transfer and transport, processing, and disposal of solid wastes.

• RA 8749

• RA 9003

• RA 9512

• RA 9275