to the question Select one answer that best responds I. In the scientific method
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to the question Select one answer that best responds I. In the scientific method 7. Nearby electric power plants are polluting my drinking water. According to an environmental economist, my problem is best addressed by a. hypotheses are statements of fact b theories and laws are the same thing c, theories can't be proven 100% false d. hypotheses most be provable and falsifiable e, none of the above a. reducing the pollution to zero b. passing a law requiring a high-tech control device e. doing nothing d. maximizing pollution so that supply exceeds demand e. finding the level of pollutant emission at which the health and other impacts are completely offset by the benefit of the electricity 2. Many major U.S. cities face similar problems including all of the following except: a. traffic congestion b. suburban sprawl c. water pollution d compact development 8. Energy enters almost all ecosystems as: e. air pollution a. mechanical energy b. recycled energy c. chemical energy d. radiation e. none of these 3. Which of the following is not arn environmental problem facing New Orleans: a. land subsidence b. rising sea level c. threat of strong hurricanes d. too much sediment deposited along the coast e. loss of wetlands 9. The second law of thermodynamics is a. incompatible with the first law of thermodynamics b. almost never followed by organisms in food chains c. also known as the Law of Conservation of Energy d. a law that is at work when degraded energy is released as heat from some physical or biological process e. b and d 4. Curitiba, Brazil became a model of urban sustainability by using which of these strategies: a. welcoming as permanent residents rural laborers who come to the city b. maximizing urban green space c. only allowing private homes (no public buildings) on floodplains d. high recycling rate e. both b and d 10. An ecosystem is defined as: a. organisms that live together b. organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time. c. a group of similar organisms whose members interbreed with one another. d. all of the organisms that live together in an area, plus the physical environment that they live in. e. all organisms at a given trophic level within a particular community. 5. A conservationist is more likely to have a worldview, and a preservationist probably has a worldview a. biocentric, eccentric b. biocentric, utilitarian c. utilitarian, biocentric d. utilitarian, eccentric e. self-centered, unselfish 6. Which of these is part of Theodore Roosevelt's conservationist legacy a. NEPA b. The Soil Conservation Act. c. The General Revision Act d. The Antiquities Act e. all of the aboveExplanation / Answer
1. hypothesis most be provable and falsifiable
2. Compact development
3. Too much sediment deposit along the coast
4. E. Both b and d
5. C – Utilitarian, biocentric
6. D – The Antiquities act
7. E
8. D Radiation
9. E – B and D
10. D
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