EVS 195 HOMEWORK MODULE 1 EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
"Environment" can be defined as the circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or
group of organisms, or the complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an individual or
community. - ANS True.
Resources should be conserved for the ultimate long-term benefit of human beings. -
ANS Pragmatic resource conservation.
Resources should be conserved for the benefit of all organisms, not just humans. -
ANS Nature preservation on moral/aesthetic grounds.
Current levels of damage due to pollution and resource exploitation should be mitigated, and if
possible, reversed, for the health benefit of humans and other species. - ANS Modern
environmentalism.
Preservation of all Earth systems is the responsibility of the global community. - ANS Global
environmentalism.
If everybody in the world used resources at the rate that people in the United States do, -
ANS Our current resources would run out quickly.
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, Biocentric preservationists, first led by John Muir, advocate saving natural areas for their -
ANS Aesthetic and spiritual values and wildlife habitat
One way to decrease the size of our ecological footprint is to - ANS Decrease consumption
rates
Sustainable practices - ANS Protecting soil - Planting "cover" crops to prevent erosion.
Protecting atmosphere - Use of renewable energies.
Reducing effects of population growth - Reduce poverty, and increase health care.
Unsustainable practices - ANS Protecting soil - Overgrazing of herds on grasslands.
Protecting atmosphere - Use of fossil fuels.
Reducing effects of population growth - Raise everyone to the standard of living of affluent
countries.
The world's population is now more than - ANS 7 billion.
Moral Extensionism - ANS Over time we have gradually extended our sense of moral value to
a wider and wider circle.
Inherent Value - ANS An intrinsic right to exist.
Instrumental Value - ANS They have value because they are useful to someone who matters.
Moral Value - ANS Worth.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
2025/2026
"Environment" can be defined as the circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or
group of organisms, or the complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an individual or
community. - ANS True.
Resources should be conserved for the ultimate long-term benefit of human beings. -
ANS Pragmatic resource conservation.
Resources should be conserved for the benefit of all organisms, not just humans. -
ANS Nature preservation on moral/aesthetic grounds.
Current levels of damage due to pollution and resource exploitation should be mitigated, and if
possible, reversed, for the health benefit of humans and other species. - ANS Modern
environmentalism.
Preservation of all Earth systems is the responsibility of the global community. - ANS Global
environmentalism.
If everybody in the world used resources at the rate that people in the United States do, -
ANS Our current resources would run out quickly.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Biocentric preservationists, first led by John Muir, advocate saving natural areas for their -
ANS Aesthetic and spiritual values and wildlife habitat
One way to decrease the size of our ecological footprint is to - ANS Decrease consumption
rates
Sustainable practices - ANS Protecting soil - Planting "cover" crops to prevent erosion.
Protecting atmosphere - Use of renewable energies.
Reducing effects of population growth - Reduce poverty, and increase health care.
Unsustainable practices - ANS Protecting soil - Overgrazing of herds on grasslands.
Protecting atmosphere - Use of fossil fuels.
Reducing effects of population growth - Raise everyone to the standard of living of affluent
countries.
The world's population is now more than - ANS 7 billion.
Moral Extensionism - ANS Over time we have gradually extended our sense of moral value to
a wider and wider circle.
Inherent Value - ANS An intrinsic right to exist.
Instrumental Value - ANS They have value because they are useful to someone who matters.
Moral Value - ANS Worth.
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