Question 32
If all recyclable materials were recycled and all compostable materials were composted, the municipal solid waste in Canada would be reduced by about _____.
Question 32 options:
A) 75%
B) 65%
C) 60%
D) 55%
E) 85%
F) 45%
Question 33
For decades, the tobacco and asbestos industries denied that their products may cause cancers. One of the reasons why it was difficult to prove the carcinogenic nature of these products was the fact that carcinogens _____.
Question 33 options:
A) cause different types of cancer.
B) generally do not cause cancer.
C) have a long lag time between exposure and disease.
D) are rare in nature.
E) are the least common toxicants.
F) are difficult to measure.
G) are usually invisible.
Question 34
In 1776, Adam Smith developed the philosophy of classical economics. This philosophy _____.
Question 34 options:
A) assures equality between rich and poor.
B) proposes maintenance of economies through government restraint and regulation.
C) promotes laissez-faire policies that some credit for the tremendous gains in material prosperity of industrial nations.
D) argues that individuals acting in their own self-interest harm society.
E) was adopted by the Aborigines in the Kakadu region of Australia.
Question 35
If you were an oil producer from the Middle East and you had problems exporting your oil to the United States because your oil exceeded the limit of contaminants allowed by the U.S. environmental regulation, which (one or more) of the following institutions would you most likely use to declare these U.S. environmental regulations illegal?
Question 35 options:
A) NAFTA
B) WTO
C) OPEC
D) World Bank
E) ENGO
F) Both A and C.
G) A, B, and C are correct.
Question 36
The idea that the Earth system is an integrated one of which all parts are interacting and interconnected is sometimes called _____.
Question 36 options:
A) full-cost accounting
B) environmental cycling
C) the principle of ecosystems
D) theory of sustainability
E) the principle of environmental unity
F) sustainable development
G) integrated theory of ecosystems
Question 37
In Canada, dam removal _____.
Question 37 options:
A) will probably continue because there is increased awareness that not all dams are good for the environment.
B) will probably increase rapidly as we move to a more fossil-fuel-dependent society.
C) provides many new jobs and opportunities and so is economically beneficial.
D) will help to restore salmon fishery in the west coast.
E) is controversial because dams provide such good habitats for native species.
F) will assist with our transition to more natural forms of renewable energy.