Chapter 09 Exam

. Environmental policies are primarily concerned with which general types of environmental problems?

Surplus and exhaustion.

Contamination and depletion.

Insufficiency and abundance.

Social and political.

. Contamination affects all of the following, EXCEPT

Air.

Water.

Soil.

Space.

. Depletion is the ______of essential elements of an ecosystem.

Serious reduction.

Harmful contamination.

Negligible removal.

Excessive augmentation.

. Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

Nitrogen.

CO2.

CH4.

Ozone.

. Consequences of global warming include, in particular,

Deforestation.

Depletion of oil resources.

Rising sea levels.

Increasing glacier size.

. Skeptics argue that global warming is caused by

Humans only.

Internal heat in the earth.

Human activities and natural processes.

Processes that take place only in space.

. The massive removal or disappearance, thinning, changing, and elimination of trees, bushes, and other vegetation is called

Deforestation.

Pruning.

Depletion.

Modern agriculture.

. Business ventures in which companies are involved in activities reducing contamination and depletion are called

Green businesses.

Green investments.

Green trade.

Green governance.

. Seeking technological solutions to environmental problems is known as

Environmental problem solving.

Geoengineering.

Green thought.

Environmental geostrategy.

. Sustainable development is a comprehensive policy stimulating economic growth and ____at the same time.

A smaller trade deficit.

Welfare.

Economic protectionism.

Environmental protection.

. What is the main obstacle facing countries in trying to combat climate change?

Developing technology for alternative energy.

Convincing the United Nations that climate change is real.

Understanding the science underlying climate change.

Resisting domestic and economic pressures.

. Who or what organization received the Nobel Peace Prize for environmental efforts?

Tony Blair.

Al Gore.

The European Union.

Greenpeace.

. Which environmental approach challenges the Gaia theory?

Dependency theory.

The geoengineering approach.

Constructivism.

Environmental skepticism.

. Overall, which type of political party is MOST likely to support environmental protection measures?

Agricultural.

Social democratic.

Conservative.

Green.

. Greenpeace

Formed in the 1990s in New York City.

Often makes use of nonviolent protest.

Does not have any formal organization or headquarters.

Got its start by protesting global warming.

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