GEOG 350 Test Bank 2025/2026 – Midterms 1 & 2
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What is environmental science? ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔the systematic study of our
environment and our place in it
*The UN population division predicts that the world population will stabilize by what year? ✔
CORRECT ANSWER✔2050
Ecosystem services ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔the services/resources provided by environmental
systems.
usually we rely on them without thinking about them.
the tragedy of the commons ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔situation in which people acting
individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating
disaster for the entire community
--no insentive to conserve the resource.
sustainability ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔a search for ecological stability and human progress that
can last over the long term
,sustainable development ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
-the idea that economic improvement for the world's poorest populations is possible without
destroying the environment.
science depends on... ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔skepticism and reproducibility
deductive reasoning ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔logical reasoning from general to specific
inductive reasoning ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔reasoning from many observations to produce a
general rule (not good)
*Carl Sagan ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔planet research- surface and weather of mars, weather of
venus (greenhouse effect) Saturns moon could have water;
UFO research (no aliens interested in Earth);
show original cosmos
global warming
Plato & the environment ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔noted the affects of environmental
degredation in ancient greece.
"Man and Nature" ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔1864
George Perkins Marsh
environmental movement in N. america
*Gifford Pinchot ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔Advisor to prez teddy roosevelt
,conservationist
1st chief of the u.s. forest service
john muir ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔Naturalist who believed the wilderness should be preserved
in its natural state.
He was largely responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park in California.
National parks service
advised teddy as well
1st prez of the sierra club
opposed pinchot's utilitarian policies
*preservationalist
Utilitarian Conservationist ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔using the land as long as it can be conserved
for future use.
--teddy roosevelt
*preservationist ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔john muir
intrinsic right of all organisms to exist.
*where is all the public land? ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔in the west (of the rockies)
Aldo Leopold ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔wrote A Sand County Almanac published a year after his
death in 1948; promoted a "Land Ethic" in which humans are ethically responsible for serving as
the protectors of nature.
Rising pollution levels... ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔led to the modern environmental movement.
, 1952 london coal burning ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔12,000 deaths
Rachel Carson ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔1962 published "a Silent Spring": about ddt in chem. ag.
--credited largely for launching the modern environmental movement
glyphosate ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔a broad-spectrum herbicide; it is the active ingredient in
Roundup
-GMOs create "round up ready" plants
-recently shown to cause cancer
David Brower ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔modern day John-Muir;
invented the lobbying environmental effort.
Barry Commoner ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔Wrote the Four Laws Of Ecology. An American
biologist and eco-socialist. The Closing Circle.
-author, lawyer
What is the modern environmental movement pushing for? ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔
sustainable development
what is the current world population growth rate? ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔1.1%/year
thomas malthus ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔1798 hypothesized human populations would outstrip
food supply.
--wrong because of the advent of technology in food production
and Final Real Exam Questions WITH 100% RATED
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What is environmental science? ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔the systematic study of our
environment and our place in it
*The UN population division predicts that the world population will stabilize by what year? ✔
CORRECT ANSWER✔2050
Ecosystem services ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔the services/resources provided by environmental
systems.
usually we rely on them without thinking about them.
the tragedy of the commons ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔situation in which people acting
individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating
disaster for the entire community
--no insentive to conserve the resource.
sustainability ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔a search for ecological stability and human progress that
can last over the long term
,sustainable development ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔meeting the needs of the present without
compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
-the idea that economic improvement for the world's poorest populations is possible without
destroying the environment.
science depends on... ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔skepticism and reproducibility
deductive reasoning ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔logical reasoning from general to specific
inductive reasoning ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔reasoning from many observations to produce a
general rule (not good)
*Carl Sagan ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔planet research- surface and weather of mars, weather of
venus (greenhouse effect) Saturns moon could have water;
UFO research (no aliens interested in Earth);
show original cosmos
global warming
Plato & the environment ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔noted the affects of environmental
degredation in ancient greece.
"Man and Nature" ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔1864
George Perkins Marsh
environmental movement in N. america
*Gifford Pinchot ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔Advisor to prez teddy roosevelt
,conservationist
1st chief of the u.s. forest service
john muir ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔Naturalist who believed the wilderness should be preserved
in its natural state.
He was largely responsible for the creation of Yosemite National Park in California.
National parks service
advised teddy as well
1st prez of the sierra club
opposed pinchot's utilitarian policies
*preservationalist
Utilitarian Conservationist ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔using the land as long as it can be conserved
for future use.
--teddy roosevelt
*preservationist ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔john muir
intrinsic right of all organisms to exist.
*where is all the public land? ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔in the west (of the rockies)
Aldo Leopold ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔wrote A Sand County Almanac published a year after his
death in 1948; promoted a "Land Ethic" in which humans are ethically responsible for serving as
the protectors of nature.
Rising pollution levels... ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔led to the modern environmental movement.
, 1952 london coal burning ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔12,000 deaths
Rachel Carson ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔1962 published "a Silent Spring": about ddt in chem. ag.
--credited largely for launching the modern environmental movement
glyphosate ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔a broad-spectrum herbicide; it is the active ingredient in
Roundup
-GMOs create "round up ready" plants
-recently shown to cause cancer
David Brower ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔modern day John-Muir;
invented the lobbying environmental effort.
Barry Commoner ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔Wrote the Four Laws Of Ecology. An American
biologist and eco-socialist. The Closing Circle.
-author, lawyer
What is the modern environmental movement pushing for? ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔
sustainable development
what is the current world population growth rate? ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔1.1%/year
thomas malthus ✔CORRECT ANSWER✔1798 hypothesized human populations would outstrip
food supply.
--wrong because of the advent of technology in food production
