✅(Quiz10) Flashcards
The Manhattan Project
a) Created nuclear shelters in New York
b) ran uranium exploration and mining in Australia
c) conducted risk assessments for deep-geological storage
d) was primarily concerned with risk communication
e) developed the first nuclear bomb
developed the first nuclear bomb
a top-secret Uscientific research and development project during World War II, later dropped in Hiroshima & Nagasaki
The rewilding movement relies upon the field of _____(1)_____ to determine what is best for sustainability,
and the field of _____(2)_____ to determine how to make it happen.
(1)
deep ecology
conservation biology
ecosystem science
(2)
ecosystem science
deep ecology
conservation biology
(1) deep ecology
(2) conservation biology
Deep ecology
→ environmental philosophy and social movement based in the belief that humans must radically change their relationship to nature
Conservation biology
→ the scientific study of how to protect and restore the Earth’s biodiversity
Ecosystem science
→ the study of inter-relationships among the living organisms
Which of the following was associated with a solution for dealing with radwaste?
a) geological storage at the Navajo Reservation
b) geological storage at Fukushima
c) geological storage at Yucca Mountain
d) geological storage at the Manhattan project
e) geological storage at Kakadu National Park
geological storage at Yucca Mountain
Yucca Mountain Project was designed to store ↑ level radioactive waste
Which of the following group was not mentioned as being invited to the stakeholder meetings on wolf conservation in Minnesota, USA?
a) native American tribes
b) environmental groups
c) hiking groups
d) hunting groups
e) ranchers
hiking groups
What enabled the British to take control over much of Australia?
a) because the land was suitable for British-style farming
b) because the Aboriginal people had no concept of private property
c) because the Aboriginal people wanted the land developed
d) because it was uninhabited
e) because the Aboriginal people sold the land to them
because the Aboriginal people had no concept of private property
What was the primary reason that wolves were exterminated from much of their habitat?
a) they attack humans
b) they have valuable fur
c) they damage the ecosystem
d) they were hunted for their meat
e)They threaten livestock
they threaten livestock
Which of the following is the proper order of the nuclear fuel chain?
a)
mining > milling > conversion > fuel fabrication > enrichment > nuclear reactor > waste storage
b)
mining > conversion > milling > enrichment > fuel fabrication > nuclear reactor > waste storage
c)
mining > milling > fuel fabrication > conversion > enrichment > nuclear reactor > waste storage
d)
mining > milling > conversion > enrichment > fuel fabrication > nuclear reactor > waste storage
e)
mining > conversion > enrichment > milling > fuel fabrication > nuclear reactor > waste storage
mining > milling > conversion > enrichment > fuel fabrication > nuclear reactor > waste storage
Mining
→ extracting uranium ore from the earth
Milling
→ separating uranium from uranium ore
Conversion
→ to transform yellowcake (U₃O₈) into uranium hexafluoride (UF₆)
Enrichment
→ modifying uranium (increase the concentration of uranium) to make it suitable for nuclear reactor use
Fuel fabrication
→ manufacturing reactor fuel from enriched uranium
Nuclear reactor
→ using nuclear fuel to generate energy through controlled nuclear fission
Waste storage
→ managing and storing the radioactive waste produced by nuclear reactors
What term below best describes the way that wolf behavior can result in the way a river flows?
a) trophic cascade
b) biodiversity
c) NEPA
d) natural resource management
e) extinction crisis
Trophic cascade
Trophic cascade
→ changes at one level of a food chain or food web significantly affect other levels
Biodiversity
→ variety of organisms in the ecosystem
NEPA - National Environmental Policy Act
→ a law to promote environmental protection and sustainable development
Natural resource management
→ refers to the sustainable use, conservation and governance of natural resources such as land, water, soil, plants and animals
Extinction crisis
→ describes the current rate in which species are dissapearing from the Earth
What is someone who is worried about nuclear proliferation concerned about?
a) radwaste
b) nuclear justice
c) nuclear power
d) nuclear weapons
e) uranium mining
nuclear weapons
Rradwaste
→radioactive waste that is no longer useful
Nuclear justice
→ process that acknowledges the consequences of nuclear weapons testing and use
Nuclear power
→ a form of energy production that uses the heat generated from nuclear products
Nuclear weapons
→ weapon that uses nuclear energy
Uranium mining
→ process of extracting uranium ore
Which of the following ethical views best describes the rewilding movement?
a) trophic cascade
b) utilitarianism
c) masculinity
d) ecocentrism
e) dominion
ecocentrism
Ecocentrism
→ environmental philosophy that pritises the well-being of the entire ecological system over individual human interests
