Environmental Basics
This event created the greatest human population decreased.
What is the Black Death?
This is considered an "in between" resource. Meaning it needs to be used sustainably.
What are (any of the following)?
Soil, timber, water
What is a service?
A giveaway from the government to promote a certain behavior.
What is a subsidy?
The study of how animals and humans affect the environment and each other.
What is environmental science?
This period of U.S. Environmental Policy focused on westward expansion. There is was general idea of endless resources.
What is the First Period?
This is an ethical standard that forces on all living and nonliving things.
What is ecocentrism?
This non-market value values the beauty or emotional appeal of an ecosystem.
What is aesthetic value?
_________ branches of government are involved in environmental policy.
What is all (or all 3)?
This is defined as all living and nonliving things.
What is the environment?
Policies during this period focused on raising awareness about heavy pollution and resource consumption.
What is the Third Period?
Examples of these are crude oil, coal, copper and other metals.
What are nonrenewable resources?
This type of non-market value values the cultural aspects of an ecosystem.
What is cultural value
A set of rules and punishments for environmental violations.
What is command and control?
A resource that forms much slower than used.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
According to the Human Population Growth Curve, this is how many billion people are currently on the planet.
What is 8 billion? (9 and 10 billion will also be accepted).
Papers that are in these journals have passed a rigorous evaluation process.
What are peer-reviewed journals?
This idea argues that economies cannot be sustainable unless environmental issues are addressed.
What is ecological economics?
What is cap and trade?
What is a good scientist?
An ethical standard that focuses on human value only.
What is anthropocentrism?
Nutrient cycling and air/water purification.
What are services provided by the environment.
In making environmental policies, input must be considered from ____.
What is science, ethics, and economics?