INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

Question 1

who said that the world’s problems stemmed from the pressure of population on natural
resources and viewed all the worlds problems as a proof that human
population was pressing on natural resources (Merchant, 2022).

Answer 1

Thomas Robert Malthus

Question 2

derived from a French word ‘environner’ which means to encircle
or to surround

Answer 2

environment

Question 3

Super Typhoon Haiyan that affected around 16 million people in the Philippines

Answer 3

Yolanda

Question 4

Silent Spring by

Answer 4

Rachel Carson (1962)

Question 5

DDT

Answer 5

Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane

Question 6

Alerted Americans to the negative environment effects of Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane
(DDT), a potent insecticides that had been used in American agriculture starting in World War
II.

Answer 6

Silent Spring

Question 7

Led to the establishment of presidential advisory panel on pesticides

Answer 7

Silent Spring

Question 8

Tragedy of the Commons

Answer 8

Garrett Hardin (1968)

Question 9

An economic and environmental sciences problem where individuals have access to a shared
resources and act to their own interest, at the expense of other individual.

Addresses the growing concern of overpopulation.

Describes a situation where shared environmental resources are overused, and exploited, and
eventually depleted, posing risk to everyone involved.

Answer 9

Tragedy of the Commons

Question 10

-when did Environmentalism became mass social movement

-the year of Clean Air act, Pesticide Control Act Safe Drinking Water act, Federal Pollution Control Act
Amendments, Toxic Substance Control act and Endangered species act

Answer 10

1960 - 1970

Question 11

First Earth Day was organized on ___ to focus the public’s attention on threats to
the environment.

Answer 11

April 22, 1970

Question 12

-Superfund Act
-Montreal Protocol
-Kyoto Protocol

Answer 12

1980 - 1990

Question 13

Establish federal “Superfund” money for the cleanup of contaminated waste sites and
spills.

Answer 13

Superfund Act

Question 14

United States joined 139 other nation to sign the ___ on substances that
depletes the ozone layer.

Answer 14

Montreal Protocol

Question 15

International treaty that focuses on the reduction of greenhouse gases that causes global
warming.

Answer 15

Kyoto Protocol

Question 16

MDG

Answer 16

Millenium Development Goals

Question 17

Focuses on the reduction of poverty, improve health and promote peace, human rights
gender equality and environment sustainability.

Answer 17

Millenium Development Goals (MDG)

Question 18

SDG

Answer 18

Sustainable Development Goals

Question 19

How many goals does Millenium Development Goals (MDG) have

Answer 19

8 goals

Question 20

How many goals does Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) have

Answer 20

17 goals

Question 21

oikos means

Answer 21

in the house

Question 22

logos means

Answer 22

to study

Question 23

Study of organisms and the environment interacting with one another (Doria et al., 2019).

Answer 23

Ecology

Question 24

This includes the changes that chemical make in the environment (Doria et al., 2019).

Answer 24

Chemistry

Question 25

Scientific discipline that focuses on determination of how environmental factors affect
biological and physical processes in agricultural and natural ecosystems (Environmental
Physics, n.d.).

Answer 25

Physics

Question 26

•Study that deals with human behaviour in its social and cultural aspects.

•Includes the study of the relationship between individuals in their context within society – and
its application to our understanding of environmental issues (Nature Portfolio, n.d.)

Answer 26

Social Sciences