Q: Identify the levels at which the value of the environment could be considered. Provide some examples.
A: The commodities and the ethical, spiritual and philosophical level (intrinsic). Commodities are the goods and services such as using the forest as a source of wood to use for productions. An example of the intrinsic level is when a place has a religious value and is spiritual to some people. Also, some places that allow people to have good feelings or nice memories there, which gives them a special connection.
Q: Read the paragraph about technological innovations and identify the missing elements (options in parenthesis).
The Green Revolution refers to a time between the...........................................................
(1860s and late 1890s/1920s and 1940s/1940s and late 1960s/1970s and late 1990s) when development in scientific research and technology in farming led to increased ........................................................... (agricultural productivity/pollution/industrial productivity/population growth) worldwide. The Club of Rome claimed their publication ......................................................... (Silent Spring/Limits to Growth/The Population Bomb/Our Common Future) that, within a century, a mixture of human-made pollution and resource and resource depletion would cause widespread population decline. But the intervention of the Green Revolution meant that by 2000, world population had reached .........................................(2 billion/4 billion/6 billion/8 billion), and is predicted to rise to nearly 9 billion by 2050.
Q: Read the paragraph about DDT and identify the missing elements.
DDT is an ...................................(organic pesticide/inorganic pesticide/organic fertilizer/inorganic fertilizer) used extensively for many years in farming and in the fight against ....................................(sleeping sickness/bilharzia/malaria/river blindness), a disease prevalent in tropical regions. However, it is thought to be the cause of many health problems in humans and other animals as it accumulates in the .........................................(muscle tissues/fatty tissues/red blood cells/white blood cells) of the affected organism............................................. (Primary consumers/aquatic mammals/top carnivores/invertebrates) are most at risk from the combined effects of the bioaccumulation and the biomagnification of DDT.
Q: What type of environmental value system emphasizes the need for sustainable management of the environment?
A: Anthropocentrism
A: The commodities and the ethical, spiritual and philosophical level (intrinsic). Commodities are the goods and services such as using the forest as a source of wood to use for productions. An example of the intrinsic level is when a place has a religious value and is spiritual to some people. Also, some places that allow people to have good feelings or nice memories there, which gives them a special connection.
Q: Read the paragraph about technological innovations and identify the missing elements (options in parenthesis).
The Green Revolution refers to a time between the...........................................................
(1860s and late 1890s/1920s and 1940s/1940s and late 1960s/1970s and late 1990s) when development in scientific research and technology in farming led to increased ........................................................... (agricultural productivity/pollution/industrial productivity/population growth) worldwide. The Club of Rome claimed their publication ......................................................... (Silent Spring/Limits to Growth/The Population Bomb/Our Common Future) that, within a century, a mixture of human-made pollution and resource and resource depletion would cause widespread population decline. But the intervention of the Green Revolution meant that by 2000, world population had reached .........................................(2 billion/4 billion/6 billion/8 billion), and is predicted to rise to nearly 9 billion by 2050.
Q: Read the paragraph about DDT and identify the missing elements.
DDT is an ...................................(organic pesticide/inorganic pesticide/organic fertilizer/inorganic fertilizer) used extensively for many years in farming and in the fight against ....................................(sleeping sickness/bilharzia/malaria/river blindness), a disease prevalent in tropical regions. However, it is thought to be the cause of many health problems in humans and other animals as it accumulates in the .........................................(muscle tissues/fatty tissues/red blood cells/white blood cells) of the affected organism............................................. (Primary consumers/aquatic mammals/top carnivores/invertebrates) are most at risk from the combined effects of the bioaccumulation and the biomagnification of DDT.
Q: What type of environmental value system emphasizes the need for sustainable management of the environment?
A: Anthropocentrism