9/30/25, 11:43 AM GEOG 350 Midterm 1, GEOG 350 Midterm 2, GEOG 350 Midterm 2 Review Questions, GEOG 350 Final Study Guid…
GEOG 350 Test Bank 2025/2026 – Midterms 1 & 2, Review
Questions, and Final Exam Study Guide with Verified Answers
MIDTERM 1 EXAM 2025-2026
MIDTERM 2 EXAM 2025-2026
FINAL QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS 2025-2026
Terms in this set (437)
What is environmental the systematic study of our environment and our place in it
science?
*The UN population 2050
division predicts that the
world population will
stabilize by what year?
the services/resources provided by
Ecosystem services
environmental systems. usually we rely
on them without thinking about them.
situation in which people acting individually and in their own
the tragedy of the commons interest use up
commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for
the entire community
--no insentive to conserve the resource.
sustainability a search for ecological stability and human progress that can last
over the long term
meeting the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own
sustainable development
needs
-the idea that economic improvement for the world's
poorest populations is possible without destroying the
environment.
science depends on... skepticism and reproducibility
deductive reasoning logical reasoning from general to specific
inductive reasoning reasoning from many observations to produce a general rule
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(not good)
planet research- surface and weather of mars, weather
of venus (greenhouse effect) Saturns moon could have
*Carl Sagan water;
UFO research (no aliens
interested in Earth); show
original cosmos
global warming
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Plato & the environment noted the affects of environmental degredation in ancient
greece.
1864
"Man and Nature" George Perkins Marsh
environmental movement in N. america
Advisor to prez teddy
*Gifford Pinchot roosevelt conservationist
1st chief of the u.s. forest service
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.
john muir
National parks
service advised
teddy as well
1st prez of the sierra club
opposed pinchot's utilitarian policies
*preservationalist
using the land as long as it can be conserved for future use.
Utilitarian Conservationist
--teddy roosevelt
john muir
*preservationist
intrinsic right of all organisms to exist.
*where is all the public land? in the west (of the rockies)
wrote A Sand County Almanac published a year after
Aldo Leopold his death in 1948; promoted a "Land Ethic" in which
humans are ethically responsible for serving as the
protectors of nature.
Rising pollution levels... led to the modern environmental movement.
1952 london coal burning 12,000 deaths
1962 published "a Silent Spring": about ddt in chem. ag.
Rachel Carson
--credited largely for launching the modern environmental
movement
a broad-spectrum herbicide; it is the active ingredient in Roundup
glyphosate -GMOs create "round up ready" plants
-recently shown to cause cancer
modern day John-Muir;
David Brower
invented the lobbying environmental effort.
Wrote the Four Laws Of Ecology. An American
Barry Commoner biologist and eco-socialist. The Closing Circle.
-author, lawyer
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, 9/30/25, 11:43 AM GEOG 350 Midterm 1, GEOG 350 Midterm 2, GEOG 350 Midterm 2 Review Questions, GEOG 350 Final Study Guid…
What is the modern sustainable development
environmental movement
pushing for?
what is the current world 1.1%/year
population growth rate?
1798 hypothesized human populations would outstrip food
thomas malthus
supply.
--wrong because of the advent of technology in food production
opposing view of malthus
karl marx (and pop size)
argued that pop growth resulted from poverty, pollution, and
resource depletion
joel cohen: 10-12
carrying capacity for humans?
billion David
pinmental: 12
billion
impact equation Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology
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GEOG 350 Test Bank 2025/2026 – Midterms 1 & 2, Review
Questions, and Final Exam Study Guide with Verified Answers
MIDTERM 1 EXAM 2025-2026
MIDTERM 2 EXAM 2025-2026
FINAL QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS 2025-2026
Terms in this set (437)
What is environmental the systematic study of our environment and our place in it
science?
*The UN population 2050
division predicts that the
world population will
stabilize by what year?
the services/resources provided by
Ecosystem services
environmental systems. usually we rely
on them without thinking about them.
situation in which people acting individually and in their own
the tragedy of the commons interest use up
commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for
the entire community
--no insentive to conserve the resource.
sustainability a search for ecological stability and human progress that can last
over the long term
meeting the needs of the present without compromising
the ability of future generations to meet their own
sustainable development
needs
-the idea that economic improvement for the world's
poorest populations is possible without destroying the
environment.
science depends on... skepticism and reproducibility
deductive reasoning logical reasoning from general to specific
inductive reasoning reasoning from many observations to produce a general rule
… 1/46
,9/30/25, 11:43 AM GEOG 350 Midterm 1, GEOG 350 Midterm 2, GEOG 350 Midterm 2 Review Questions, GEOG 350 Final Study Guid…
(not good)
planet research- surface and weather of mars, weather
of venus (greenhouse effect) Saturns moon could have
*Carl Sagan water;
UFO research (no aliens
interested in Earth); show
original cosmos
global warming
… 2/46
,9/30/25, 11:43 AM GEOG 350 Midterm 1, GEOG 350 Midterm 2, GEOG 350 Midterm 2 Review Questions, GEOG 350 Final Study Guid…
Plato & the environment noted the affects of environmental degredation in ancient
greece.
1864
"Man and Nature" George Perkins Marsh
environmental movement in N. america
Advisor to prez teddy
*Gifford Pinchot roosevelt conservationist
1st chief of the u.s. forest service
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.
john muir
National parks
service advised
teddy as well
1st prez of the sierra club
opposed pinchot's utilitarian policies
*preservationalist
using the land as long as it can be conserved for future use.
Utilitarian Conservationist
--teddy roosevelt
john muir
*preservationist
intrinsic right of all organisms to exist.
*where is all the public land? in the west (of the rockies)
wrote A Sand County Almanac published a year after
Aldo Leopold his death in 1948; promoted a "Land Ethic" in which
humans are ethically responsible for serving as the
protectors of nature.
Rising pollution levels... led to the modern environmental movement.
1952 london coal burning 12,000 deaths
1962 published "a Silent Spring": about ddt in chem. ag.
Rachel Carson
--credited largely for launching the modern environmental
movement
a broad-spectrum herbicide; it is the active ingredient in Roundup
glyphosate -GMOs create "round up ready" plants
-recently shown to cause cancer
modern day John-Muir;
David Brower
invented the lobbying environmental effort.
Wrote the Four Laws Of Ecology. An American
Barry Commoner biologist and eco-socialist. The Closing Circle.
-author, lawyer
… 3/46
, 9/30/25, 11:43 AM GEOG 350 Midterm 1, GEOG 350 Midterm 2, GEOG 350 Midterm 2 Review Questions, GEOG 350 Final Study Guid…
What is the modern sustainable development
environmental movement
pushing for?
what is the current world 1.1%/year
population growth rate?
1798 hypothesized human populations would outstrip food
thomas malthus
supply.
--wrong because of the advent of technology in food production
opposing view of malthus
karl marx (and pop size)
argued that pop growth resulted from poverty, pollution, and
resource depletion
joel cohen: 10-12
carrying capacity for humans?
billion David
pinmental: 12
billion
impact equation Impact = Population x Affluence x Technology
… 4/46
