Week 7 Quiz – Chapter 7 Quiz
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Question 1
An ecosystem
Selected Answer: can be upset by human behavior.
Correct Answer: can be upset by human behavior.
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Question 2
An assessment of costs and benefits inevitably involves
Selected Answer: value judgments and factual uncertainties
Correct Answer: value judgments and factual uncertainties
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Question 3
Animal manure
Selected Answer: is a large source of pollution.
Correct Answer: is a large source of pollution.
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Question 4
Which of the following is true of a regulatory approach to environmental problems?
Selected Answer: It requires the EPA or other body to determine the most effective, feasible pollution-control technology for each different industry.
Correct Answer: It requires the EPA or other body to determine the most effective, feasible pollution-control technology for each different industry.
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Question 5
William F. Baxter addresses environmental ethics by noting
Selected Answer: judgments about environmental problems ought to be people-oriented.
Correct Answer: judgments about environmental problems ought to be people-oriented.
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Question 6
Some environmental regulations (like forbidding the burning of coal in cities) benefit each and every one of us because the air we all breather is cleaner. If an individual ignores the regulation and burns coal, while others obey the regulation, then he or she
Selected Answer: is being a free rider.
Correct Answer: is being a free rider.
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Question 7
Which of the following is true of factory farms?
Selected Answer: They permit the mass production of meat at low prices.
Correct Answer: They permit the mass production of meat at low prices.
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Question 8
In consideration for the obligation to others,
Selected Answer: the U.S. uses more than its proportional share of the world’s resources.
Correct Answer: the U.S. uses more than its proportional share of the world’s resources.
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Question 9
According to the philosopher Joel Feinberg,
Selected Answer: the rights of future generations are contingent upon those people coming into existence.
Correct Answer: the rights of future generations are contingent upon those people coming into existence.
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Question 10
A moral vegetarian
Selected Answer: rejects eating meat based on moral grounds.
Correct Answer: rejects eating meat based on moral grounds.
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Question 11
Which environmental statement is true?
Selected Answer: Tropical forests are the earth’s richest, oldest, and most complex ecosystems.
Correct Answer: Tropical forests are the earth’s richest, oldest, and most complex ecosystems.
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Question 12
According to Shaw and Barry, utilitarians
Selected Answer: should include nonhuman animal pleasures and pains in the overall utilitarian calculus.
Correct Answer: should include nonhuman animal pleasures and pains in the overall utilitarian calculus.
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Question 13
One truth about factory farms is
Selected Answer: most animals we eat are from them.
Correct Answer: most animals we eat are from them.
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Question 14
Which of the following is true concerning our environment today?
Selected Answer: polluted air is a health risk
Correct Answer: polluted air is a health risk
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Question 15
Business has considered the environment to be
Selected Answer: free and nearly limitless.
Correct Answer: free and nearly limitless.