Environment Economics

Which statement about the relationship between economics and the environment is true?

• 1. Internal and external environmental costs are usually considered equally

• Long-term effects often receive more weight than short-term effects

• Harm to the environment can harm economies

• The relationship usually receives serious consideration

Answer explanation

Economics are trades for goods and services. (almost) All resources originate from the environment of our planet Earth.

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Environmental policy addresses all of the following issues EXCEPT __________.

• air pollution

• water pollution

• natural disasters

• overfishing

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Sustainability is defined as…

• Consuming at a rate to satisfy the current generation.

• Rapidly increasing resource consumption over time.

• Maintaining a rate of resource consumption that will allow the population to survive indefinitely.

• Not consuming any resources at all.

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Which country would you expect to experience the most severe short-term problems like overpopulation, deforestation, poverty, and disease?

• Japan

• Pakistan

• Peru

• Mexico

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An average person from _______________ would be expected to have a higher ecological footprint than the other two countries.

• Country "A"

• Country "B"

• Country "C"

• None of the above; They would have roughly equal ecological footprints.

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One of the three major environmental problems is resource depletion. Which is a major contributing factor to this problem?

• Developing countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others.

• Developed countries have a much higher rate of resource consumption than others.

• The human population overall is too small.

• Each country uses approximately the same amount of resources.

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Trees are considered ________________ resources because they will eventually regrow, given enough time.

• Renewable

• Nonrenewable

• Inexhaustible

• Recyclable

Which example best illustrates the point behind the Tragedy of the Commons essay?

• Various nations overfishing in international waters, leading to a collapse of fish stocks.

• A property owner clear-cutting all of the trees on his land to sell for timber

• A farmer that overplants his fields one year, leading to a poor harvest

• One country declaring war on another

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A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called

• renewable

• ecological

• non-renewable

• sustainable

Global population is projected to be about ________in 2050

• 7 billion

• 8 billion

• 9 billion

• 10 billiion

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