1. According to our class discussion, which of these does Boris Worm claim is mo
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1. According to our class discussion, which of these does Boris Worm claim is most responsible for declining seafood populations?
a. Nuclear waste
b. Oceanic dead zones
c. Overfishing
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
2. According to our class discussion, which of these is true of nitrogen used in agriculture?
a. Worldwide, at least half of all agriculturally used nitrogen is synthetic
b. Nitrogen runoff contributes to oceanic dead zones
c. Evaporated agricultural nitrogen is considered a “greenhouse” gas
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
3. According to our class discussion, which of these is true of corn-fed livestock?
a. Most cattle in the US are corn-fed
b. Corn-fed cattle experience biological changes that can threaten their health
c. More than half the corn grown in the US is fed to livestock
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
4. Which of these is true according to Bill McKibben?
a. The complete use of current fossil fuel reserves would raise the average global temperature less than 2o Celsius
b. The complete use of current fossil fuel reserves would raise the average global temperature more than 2o Celsius
c. The complete use of current fossil fuel reserves would not affect the average global temperature
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
5. According to Bill McKibben, what is the purpose of the “carbon budget”?
a. To limit the rise in average global temperature to 2o Celsius
b. To limit the rise in average global temperature to 6o Celsius
c. To conserve fossil fuel and insure a longer lasting supply
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
6. What strategy does Bill McKibben recommend to avoid exceeding the “carbon budget”?
a. Pass laws restricting the use of fossil fuels
b. Divest money from the fossil fuel industry
c. Replace fossil fuels with nuclear power
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
7. According to our class discussion, use of all current fossil fuel reserves would likely result in which of the following?
a. Extinction of life in the world’s oceans
b. Complete loss of polar ice
c. Desertification of tropical ecosystems
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
8. Which of these statements expresses a basic principle of feminism?
a. Men should be oppressed and exploited by women
b. Women are oppressed and exploited by men
c. The oppression of women is not related to other forms of oppression (for example, oppression based on race, age, or economic status)
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
9. Which of the following is true according to Karen Warren?
a. Humans are superior to plants and animals
b. The harming of the environment by humans is not a feminist issue
c. Feminists often disagree about how to end the oppression of women
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
10. According to Karen Warren, what is ecological feminism?
a. Ecological feminism is a philosophical position which holds that nature should be understood as female
b. Ecological feminism is the belief that women are more environmentally responsible than men.
c. Ecological feminism is the investigation of similarities in the oppression of women by men and the exploitation of nature by humans
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
11. According to Karen Warren, which of these statements is true?
a. Conceptual frameworks are not deliberately chosen by members of a society
b. All societies have a conceptual framework
c. Some conceptual frameworks facilitate oppressive relationships between groups
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
12. Which of these does Karen Warren identify as a component of an oppressive conceptual framework?
a. Dualistic thinking
b. Hierarchical values and social structures
c. The logic of domination
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
13. According to Karen Warren, which of the following claims is part of the “logic of domination”?
a. If two groups of people are different from one another, then one group must be superior to the other.
b. Nothing justifies the domination of one group by another
c. Karen Warren does not discuss the “logic of domination.”
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
14. “The Hopping Stone Vision” suggests that the main reason people disagree is which of the following?
a. When people disagree it is because someone is wrong (incorrect) in what they believe
b. When people disagree it is because they do not understand one another
c. “The Hopping Stone Vision” suggest any reasons why people disagree
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
15. Which of these statements is an accurate description of the naturalistic fallacy?
a. The naturalistic fallacy is thinking that one knows something that one does not know
b. The naturalistic fallacy is using only information about facts to support a moral claim
c. The naturalistic fallacy is making false claims about nature
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Explanation / Answer
1. (a) Nuclear waste
Nuclear waste is most responsible for declining seafood populations.Tons of very high radioactive water is being discharged into the ocean.
2. (d)All of the above
Half of the agriculturally used nitrogen is synthetic.Nitrogen plays an important role in the development of dead zones.High nitrogen consuming crops has increased the emissions of nitrous oxide which is a green house gas.
3. (b) Corn-fed cattle experience biological changes that can threaten their health
Increase in corn concentrate changes the ratio of fatty acids which are produced via microbial fermentation.
4 (b) The complete use of current fossil fuel reserves would raise the average global temperature more than 2o Celsius
To keep the temperature rise below 2oC only 20 percent of total reserve is to used.
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