FCS 320 - Family Resource Management » Spring 2022 » Quiz 12 Chapter 12

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Question #1
Earth has an infinite supply of national resources.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #2
There is currently a debate in the scientific community as to whether global warming is happening.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #3
Mankind has the power to alter the world's climate for better or worse.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #4
In our current economic system, the environmental damaged caused by the manufacturing of a product/good is pay by who?
A.   The consumer
B.   Society
C.   The government
D.   The company
Question #5
Who pays of the disposal of most goods/products?
A.   No one, there are no costs to dispose of goods/products.
B.   The company that made the product.
C.   The consumer when they purchased the product.
D.   Society in the form of garbage collection fees and landfills that take up space and pollute the land/water.
Question #6
When most of you are around 70 years of age (next 50-100 years), which of the following events are you likely to experience?
A.   Political, economic, and social unrest related to changing weather patterns.
B.   Millions of households will lose their whole life savings as they have to abandon their properties near the coast.
C.   Millions of people will have to abandon their homes and move inland.
D.   All of these are likely to happen within the next 50-100 year.
E.   Sea level will rise
Question #7
Environmentalism is concerned with how to retain existing environmental resources.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #8
All the following are arguments against laws protecting the environment?
A.   All of these are arguments against environmental laws.
B.   Efforts to limit the environmental damage of making a product raises the costs of product and costs jobs.
C.   Laws protecting the environment limit the types of products people can buy. It is interference in the market place.
D.   We are putting animals before people.
Question #9
The earth is experiencing a decrease in biological diversity because of habitat destruction and climate change.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #10
The consumers possess the most power in determining what happens to the environment through their purchasing decisions.
A.   True
B.   False

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