Quiz 3 Flashcards
(20 cards)
Drawing from the Taylor and Tilford text, what are examples of "renewable" resources? A) metals B) fossil fuels C) lumber D) fish E) "a" and "c" F) "c" and "d"
F) “c” and “d”
Drawing from the Tilford and Taylor article, which of the following have contributed to the collapse of fisheries? A) consumer demand for seafood B) destructive fishing techniques C) habitat destruction D) pollution E) all of the above F) only "a" and "b"
E) all of the above
According to the Taylor and Tilford article, I=PCT represents:
A) Environmental Impact = Population x Consumption x Trade barriers
B) Environmental Impact = Population x Consumption x technological Efficiency
C) Environmental Intellect = Popularity x Cash x Technological efficiency
D) Environmental Intellect = Personality x Charm x Tourism
E) Environmental Impact = Pollution x Consumption x Technological Efficiency
B) Environmental Impact = Population x Consumption x Technological Efficiency
(FILL IN THE BLANK) According to Taylor and Tilford, the one fifth of the population living in higher income countries represents ________ percent of the world’s private consumption expenditures
A) around 20% C) around 40% E) around 65%
B) around 30% D) around 50% F) around 85%
F) around 85%
According to the Bruntland report (in the Taylor and Tilford article), what is the minimum amount of the world’s biologically productive space that should be left intact to maintain global ecosystems?
A) 100% C) 40% E) 12%
B) 80% D) 30% F) 0%
E) 12%
According to Michael Carolan’s chapter on Greenhouse gas emissions, which are the questions that are currently being debated in the peer-reviewed literature?
A) Is climate change happening?
B) What are we to do about climate change?
C) Do we all bear equal responsibility for climate change?
D) Do some individuals and nations deserve a greater share of the blame?
E) “a” and “b”
F) “b”, “c” and “d”
F) “b”, “c” and “d”
Based on the Michael Carolan text, which are the five countries with the highest rate per capita greenhouse gas emissions?
A) France, Japan, US, Ireland and UK
B) US, Canada, Japan, UK and France
C) Australia, Germany, France, UK and US
D) Australia, New Zealand, US, Japan, Canada
E) Australia, New Zealand, US, Japan, and France
D) Australia, New Zealand, US, Japan, Canada
Drawing on the Carolan text, which of the following are human health impacts associated with climate change?
A) increased vulnerability to respiratory disease
B) an increase in waterborne and water-washed diseases
C) mortality from extreme heat or cold
D) increased risk of diseases such as malaria and dengue
E) all of the above
F) only “c” and “d
E) all of the above
Drawing on the Carolan text, how will climate change impact food security?
A) it will increase the risk of crop failures
B) it will be associated with new patterns of pests
C) people won’t have the appropriate seeds for the new micro-climates
D) it is associated with higher rates of livestock loss
E) all of the above
F) “a”, “b” and “c”
F) “a”, “b” and “c”
According to Carolan, where will the problem of climate change refugees be most pronounced?
A) poor countries, where the adaptive capacity of people, cities and nations is low
B) in countries with fortified coastal protections
C) countries with the largest number of climate change deniers
D) rich countries
E) none of the above
A) poor countries, where the adaptive capacity of people, cities and nations is low
Based on the Carolan chapter, which behavior changes offer the most emissions reduction?
A) weatherization
B) using fuel efficient vehicles
C) carpooling
D) installing low-flow showerheads
E) installing HVAC (central heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) systems.
F) using efficient water heaters
B) using fuel efficient vehicles
According to Carolan, what are concerns about geoengineering solutions for climate change?
A) the rocket fuels for getting space mirrors into place will cause pollution that would exacerbate global warming
B) we don’t know how phytoplankton blooms would impact ocean life
C) phytoplankton blooms could release methane.
D) it does nothing about addressing the root causes of climate change
E) all of the above
F) only “c” and “d”
E) all of the above
According to Carolan, which of the following are associated with “green building”?
A) building highly efficient buildings increases total costs between 0 to 2 percent
B) building highly efficient buildings yields a total life-cycle savings of 20 percent
C) in buildings that optimize the use of daylight, students perform better
D) employees express less satisfaction and are less productive in buildings using optimal daylight
E) all of the above
F) only “a”, “b” and “c”
F) only “a”, “b” and “c”
What does Carolan’s first chapter refer to by “too much individualism”?
A) There are too many humans on the planet
B) individual human beings are too individualist and need to work more as communities
C) many explanatory models place too great an emphasis on individual contributions and not enough on systemic ones
D) “a” and “b”
E) none of the above
C) many explanatory models place too great an emphasis on individual contributions and not enough on systemic ones
According to Carolan, what are problems with placing too much focus on individuals?
A) it ignores the way our wants and interests are heavily shaped by cultural structures
B) it ignores the way our wants and interests are heavily shaped by technological structures
C) it ignores the way our wants and interests are heavily shaped by political structures
D) it ignores the way our wants and interests are heavily shaped by legal structures
E) all of the above
F) only “a” and “d”
E) all of the above
What is Carolan’s critique of technological solutions to environmental problems?
A) governments never invest enough money into technology
B) it isn’t the best technologies that get used but rather those with the best marketing teams
C) technological solutions don’t consider the role people play in creating social change
D) technological solutions don’t consider the social, economic and political probability of having a solution accepted.
E) all of the above
F) “c” and “d”
F) “c” and “d”
According to Carolan, what do social scientists contribute to discussions of environmental problems?
A) social scientists have an expertise in communicating the state of the environment to us
B) social scientists have an expertise in explaining why we get ourselves into environmental messes
C) social scientists have an expertise in communicating how we might get out of environmental messes
D) social scientists have an expertise in developing technological solutions
E) all of the above
F) “b” and “c”
F) “b” and “c”
According to Carolan, when does society have the most control over a technology?
A) when it is produced in socialist countries
B) when it is produced in capitalist countries
C) when it is first introduced
D) when it is becoming intertwined in society
E) at the end of its life cycle
C) when it is first introduced into society
Drawing on Carolan’s text, which of the following structural factors is NOT part of Carolan’s explanation for why the Dutch use their bikes so much more than Americans?
A) the Dutch are less pressed for time
B) the Dutch enjoy family-friendly policies like flex-time and paternity leave.
C) workweeks in the Netherlands are shorter
D) Dutch parents do more chauffeuring of children than American parents
E) Netherlands’ high-quality bike infrastructure makes it easy and safe for children to bike to school
D) Dutch parents do more chauffeuring of children than American parents
What does the treadmill of production refer to?
A) everything tangible and intangible in our society is socially constructed
B) modern capitalistic societies are driven by a never-ending commitment to growth
C) our environmental problems are driven by the same patriarchal forces that oppress women
D) our environmental problems can be traced to our religious systems
E) our environmental problems can be traced to the emergence of hierarchy.
B) modern capitalistic societies are driven by a never-ending commitment to economic growth
