Ch 1&2 Review 2024

The amount of a product people will buy at a given price if free to do so is ____________________.

• demand

• cost

• benefit

• supply

____________________ involves efforts to influence an elected official into supporting a specific interest.

• Lobbying

• subsidy

• training

• not the answer

A law that prohibits dumping wastes into the ocean and punishes people who dump waste demonstrates which approach to environmental policy?

• green tax

• command and control

• cap and trade

• subdity

Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource?

• crude oil

• coal

• sunlight

• natural gas

Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable natural resource?

• wind energy

• Sunlight

• Geothermal energy

• Natural gas

What do the resources in the middle of the diagram represent?

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Resources that could become non-renewable

• Bad resources

What do the resources in the left of the diagram represent?

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Resources that could become non-renewable

• Bad resources

What do the resources in the right of the diagram represent?

• Renewable resources

• Non-renewable resources

• Resources that could become non-renewable

• Bad resources

In an experiment, a scientist adds fertilizer to one pond to compare the algae growth to a pond that does not receive fertilizer.

• dependent variable.

• independent variable.

• prediction

• model

Which of the following would value the well-being of species, communities, or ecosystems over the welfare of a given individual?

• Biocentrism

• Ecocentrism

• Anthropocentrism

• Environmentalism