Biodiversity/Conservation
The number of different types of species in an ecosystem is ________
Species Richness
Something must be given up to obtain something of value–no such thing as a “win-win” is defined as a _________.
Trade-offs
What are HABs?
Harmful Algal Blooms
The U.S. Department of Transportation establishes maximum feasible fuel economy standards for vehicles for each model year. This is an example of what type of policy instrument?
Command and Control
Flood control provided by mangroves are an example of what type of use value?
Indirect use: contribution to ecosystem functioning that we benefit from
The measure of the relative abundance of each species is ___________
Species Evenness
A manifestation of the race to extract defines what concept?
Tragedy of the Commons
The excess of nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus in water causes a process known as __________?
Eutrophication
What is the name of California's major market based policy that regulates CO2 emissions?
Cap and trade
Searching for species that may contain useful chemicals is ___________.
Bioprospecting
The benefits that ecosystems provide to humans
Ecosystem Services
One party bears the cost of a transaction without receiving the good is known as ________.
undercompensation
Processes that absorb and store more CO2 as solid carbon than they release are what?
Carbon sinks
Name the three general solutions for common pool resource problems.
Market-based solutions, Community-based solutions, and command and control regulations.
Name the three types of Non-Use values.
Existence, Bequest, and Option value
A species which has a disproportionately large effect on its natural environment relative to its abundance
Keystone Species
Name the 4 types of environmental goods
Public goods, private goods, club goods, and common pool goods
What are the 4 spheres of Earth's ecosystems?
Atmosphere, Biosphere, Lithosphere, & Hydrosphere
What are the two major environmental California state laws ?
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and California Endangered Species Act.
________ evaluates the favorable effects of policy actions and the associated opportunity costs of those actions.
Cost-benefit analysis
What major biodiversity hotspot are we currently in?
California Floristic Province
Name the two categories of policy mechanisms.
Market based mechanisms and command and control mechanisms.
Two of the most important processes in the hydrologic cycle are what?
evapotranspiration and precipitation
__________ list all potential impacts and mitigation efforts of a development project in CA for compliance with CEQA.
EIRs (Environmental Impact Reports)
What are the four categories of ecosystem services?
Supporting, provisioning, regulating, and cultural.