Deck 7: The Environment

Question 1

How many gallons of water does it take to make an automobile?

A)50, 000
B)100, 000
C)150, 000
D)200, 000

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The Interior Department has introduced wolves into

A)Montana, Wyoming, and Nevada
B)Montana, Nevada, and California
C)Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho
D)Wyoming, Nevada, and California

Answer 2

C

Question 3

How many toxic contaminants were targeted by the EPA's 33/50 approach?

A)17
B)33
C)45
D)50

Answer 3

A

Question 4

How many tons of animal manure does the US generate each year?

A)900 million
B)1 billion
C)1.4 billion
D)2 billion

Question 5

Who believes that it is immoral to buy the right to polute?

A)Michael J.Fox
B)Michael J.Sandel
C)Garrett Hardin
D)John Rawls

Question 6

Approximately what proportion of the world's motor vehicles are owned in the United States?

A)15%
B)20%
C)25%
D)35%

Question 7

Which approach to environmental protection makes use of direct pubic regulation and control?

A)The regulatory approach
B)The free market approach
C)The conscription approach
D)The preservation approach

Question 8

Two popular answers to the question of who should pay the costs of pollution are

A)The taxpayers and industry
B)The Government and industry
C)Those responsible for it and the Government
D)Those responsible for it and those who would benefit from protection and restoration

Question 9

What proportion of U.S.waters fail to meet the 1972 standards for being safe for fishing and swimming?

A)1/3
B)2/3
C)3/4
D)4/5

Question 10

Who has probably profited more than any other group from treating the environment as a free good?

A)Business
B)Consumers
C)Government
D)Activists

Question 11

The belief that natural resources are free and limitless encourages

A)Conservation
B)Preservation
C)Wasteful consumption of them
D)Waste management

Question 12

Of the 18,000 objects orbiting Earth, how many are rubbish?

A)12,000
B)14, 100
C)16,500
D)17, 100

Question 13

How many gallons of rainwater does America use for every 60 returned by nature?

A)50
B)65
C)75
D)80

Question 14

In a case in Thailand what was worth 75% more when left to provide natural resources rather than be converted into a fish farm?

A)A mangrove swamp
B)A lake
C)A freshwater estuary
D)A scenic pond

Question 15

Which virus is responsible for the decline of the wolf population in Yellowstone Park?

A)Retrovirus
B)Herpesvirus
C)Parvovirus
D)Ebolavirus

Question 16

Which industry exemplifies Hardin's point about the tragedy of the commons?

A)Car manufacturing
B)International fishing
C)International steel production
D)Clothing manufacturing

Question 17

How many pounds of hazardous materials enter the air each year?

A)20 million
B)90 milllion
C)2 billion
D)9 billion

Question 18

Which gas is responsible for the greenhouse effect?

A)H₂SO₄
B)H₂O
C)CO
D)CO₂

Question 19

When was the Clean Water Act passed?

A)1965
B)1972
C)1979
D)1982

Question 20

The United States farm population is now around

A)2%
B)8%
C)12%
D)16%

Question 21

The concerns of environmental ethics could begin with the food on our plates.

Question 22

Holmes Rolston discusses the naturalistic ethic

Question 23

Mass production of mea at affordable prices requires factory farming.

Question 24

Garrett Hardin discussed the tragedy of the commons.

Question 25

Who holds that measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions need not harm the economy?

A)Sandel and Rawls
B)Sandel and Arrow
C)Rawls and Solow
D)Arrow and Solow

Question 26

Utilitarians focus discussion on animal rights.

Question 27

William F.Baxter is a deep ecologist.

Question 28

Moral vegetarians object to meat eating on health grounds.

Question 29

William F.Baxter recognizes

A)The anthropocentric bias of Baier
B)The anthropocentric bias of his own approach
C)The need to help penguins
D)The need to aid future generations soon

Question 30

The proponents of the naturalistic ethic believe that some natural objects have intrinsic value.

Question 31

Annette Baier is concerned with

A)The good of underdeveloped countries
B)The good of the United States
C)The good of the continuing human community
D)The good of utilitarians

Question 32

The LD 50 test is used to test new foodstuffs.

Question 33

Business' largest impact on animals is through the production of animal-related products.

Question 34

In Europe it is illegal to treat veal calves the way most American companies do.

Question 35

Bentham held that something had moral status only if it could reciprocate.