Environmental Problems

Which of the following does NOT speed up global warming?

• Eating a diet mainly consisting of meat

• Driving a fuel inefficient car

• Deforestation

• Replanting trees

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Why is over fishing such a big issue?

• We are disrupting global food chains which can lead to mass extinction of aquatic species

• We are not fishing enough

• Cows are allergic to fish

• There are too many fish in the sea. This overpopulation issue is being solved through over fishing

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Which industry is responsible for a vast majority of deforestation?

• Agriculture

• Medicine

• Concrete

• Urban development

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What is a current example of tragedy of the commons?

• Natural resource depletion (oil, coal, and natural gas)

• Renewable resource depletion (wind, solar, hydro)

• Under fishing fish stocks

• Destroying your own yard

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What did Paul Ehrlich bring to focus?

Paul Ehrlich brought to focus the argument that ______________ is responsible for the world’s environmental problems.

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international limits on CFC production toprotect the ozone layer

• Montreal Protocol

• New York Protocol

• Paris Protocol

• Tokyo Protocol

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Which is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from human actions

• Environmental Science

• Environmental Policy

• Environmental Ethics

• Environmentalism

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Which of the following is the BEST definition of environmental science?

• The study of life

• The study of interactions between humans and the natural environment

• The study of the ecosystem

• The study of the interactions between natural and unnatural environments

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Which of the following can cause pollution?

• noise

• garbage

• chemicals

• all of the above

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An example of habitat destruction is

• planting trees

• cleaning up oil spills

• clearing a tropical rainforest

• preventing nonpoint-source pollution

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