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environmental scienc
chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 21. Name an example of a “service” provided by ecological systems. | An example of a service provided is pollination |
| 22. What were some of the costs of westward expansion in the United States? | Many Native Americans were inhabited |
| 23. How did the formation of the Environmental Protection Agency signal a new approach to environmental policy? | Many things like water quality and air pollution would be overseen by the same entity - EPA instead of many different entities |
| 24. In order, from start to finish, list the steps in the environmental policy process. | Identify problem Identify cause Envision a solution Get organized Gain access Help a solution become a policy |
| 25. How can people who are too young to vote make an impact on environmental policy? | Organization in schools and joining a local environmental organization |
| 26. What is represented by the line that slopes down toward the right? | Demand curve - quality purchased at a given price |
| 27. What is represented by the line that slopes up toward the right? | Supply curve - the quantity produced when sold at a given price |
| 28. What is represented by the point where the two sloping lines intersect? | Equilibrium - supply and demand are equal |
| 29. Suppose the system is at equilibrium, and then the demand curve is shifted upward. What would have to happen to the price to reach the new equilibrium point? | Price would increase |
| 30. Explain why the supply curve slopes the way it does. | If demand increases, price goes up. |
| 31. People often overlook the connection between their economic activities and the environment. In terms of economic activities, how can people be more mindful of their effect on the environment? Give one example. | They could conserve more water so that less water is being wasted. |
| 32. Outline the evolution of United States environmental policy from the 1780s to the late-1900s. How would you rate the progress made in U.S. environmental policy during this period? | From having nature being a resource to be used to having to maintain and respect natural resources. Great progress has been made. |
| 33. What have been some of the most important developments in United States environmental policy since the 1960s? Explain the importance of these developments. | emergency conservation work act where men were made to have jobs during the great depression, planting trees, soil erosion, and improving wildlife. they not only cared about the environment but they also gave unemployed men jobs during the GD. |
| 34. What type of approach to environmental policy do you think is the most effective? Explain why. | Cap in trade because it oversees pollution and allows polluters to emit a certain fraction of that amount |
| 35. Choose one step of the environmental policy process and write about the consequences of omitting that particular step from the process. What would happen if that step were left out, and why? | Identifying the causes are a very important part of the process because without knowing the cause of the problem, you do not know how to fix the cause. |
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