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QUESTION 1
Which action least reflects an ecocentric worldview?
a. protecting the earth's biodiversity
b. controlling human population growth
c. creating better pollution treatment technologies
d. increasing our dependence on renewable resources
e. supporting a service-based economy
QUESTION 2
Pollution prevention is a key strategy for implementing
a. biohazards standards.
b. REACH.
c. an epidemiology study.
d. the precautionary principle.
e. risk analysis.
QUESTION 3
Which of the following statements is true of temperature inversions?
a. Temperature inversions are temporary.
b. Temperature inversions cause cool air near the earth's surface to expand and rise, carrying pollutants higher into the troposphere.
c. Temperaturel inversions help prevent air pollution.
d. Temperature inversions occur when a layer of cold air prevents warm air from rising.
e. Temperature inversions exacerbate pollution problems.
QUESTION 4
Carcinogens are primarily known to cause or promote
a. chronic health effects.
b. cancer.
c. genetic defects.
d. allergic reactions.
e. birth defects.
QUESTION 5
In terms of number of deaths per participant, the most dangerous activity that most people in the U.S. participate in is
a. walking in a thundershower.
b. visiting a relative.
c. riding in a motor vehicle.
d. swimming in the ocean.
e. flying in an airplane.
QUESTION 6
Which of the following categories includes the others?
a. human capital
b. natural resources
c. economic resources
d. manufactured capital
e. energy resources
QUESTION 7
Full-cost pricing
a. could be implemented through government action.
b. reduces the final cost of goods.
c. would likely result in consumers making less environmentally sound choices.
d. relies on making the market price higher than the true cost of a product or service.
e. is unsustainable.
QUESTION 8
____ consists of environmental laws, rules and regulations that are developed, implemented and enforced by one or more government agencies.
a. U.N. Environmental Program
b. Environmental policy
c. The prevention principle
d. An NGO
e. The WHO
QUESTION 9
Tradable pollution rights
a. can be used only for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
b. can be effective, depending on where the initial limits are set and the rate at which they are reduced.
c. are not a market strategy to reduce pollution and resource waste.
d. have not been successful in reducing sulfur dioxide emissions in the U.S.
e. does not allow companies to save unused credits for future use.
QUESTION 10
The study of the pattern of a disease in a population is known as
a. bacteriology.
b. epidemiology.
c. pathology.
d. ecology.
e. oncology.