Question 1

Why is water not viewed as your typical "economic good"?

Accepted Answer

A)  The law of supply and demand does not exist when talking about water because you cannot choose what company's water is piped into your house. 
B)  The price of water that is ultimately set is based on a lot more than just market mechanisms. 
C)  Social and political factors also shape the cost of tap water (like subsidies for electricity that power pumps). 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  The law of supply and demand does not exist when talking about water because you cannot choose what company's water is piped into your house. 
B)  The price of water that is ultimately set is based on a lot more than just market mechanisms. 
C)  Social and political factors also shape the cost of tap water (like subsidies for electricity that power pumps). 
D)  All of the above. D

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of point source pollution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Air pollution from a factory smoke stack. 
B)  Water pollution from a company's waste water pipe. 
C)  Sewage waste from a municipal water treatment plant that dumps into a local waterway. 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Air pollution from a factory smoke stack. 
B)  Water pollution from a company's waste water pipe. 
C)  Sewage waste from a municipal water treatment plant that dumps into a local waterway. 
D)  All of the above D

Question 3

What is the best definition of market environmentalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Regulating the distribution of water through market mechanisms. 
B)  Environmental goods will be more efficiently used if we treat those goods as commodities and allow the market to drive up their prices. 
C)  Higher prices will create incentives in households and businesses to manage water costs through efficiency gains. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Regulating the distribution of water through market mechanisms. 
B)  Environmental goods will be more efficiently used if we treat those goods as commodities and allow the market to drive up their prices. 
C)  Higher prices will create incentives in households and businesses to manage water costs through efficiency gains. 
D)  All of the above. D

Question 4

Discuss and explain the problem of bottled water and water privatization. Provide details from the chapter in your discussion.

Accepted Answer

The problem of bottled water and water p

Question 5

Which Fast Fact would you use to talk to and educate others about our current water crisis? Why and what would you say?

Accepted Answer

One fast fact that I would use to talk t

Question 6

Having reviewed the Fast Facts at the start of the chapter 5 (Water), which fact is most compelling (surprising) to you and why?

Accepted Answer

The most compelling and surprising fact

Question 7

Which of the following commodities takes the most water to produce?

Accepted Answer

A)  A kg of sugar. 
B)  A kg of wheat. 
C)  A kg of beef (raised in an intensive corn-fed operation). 
D)  A kg of rice. 
A)  A kg of sugar. 
B)  A kg of wheat. 
C)  A kg of beef (raised in an intensive corn-fed operation). 
D)  A kg of rice.

Question 8

The cost of one cubic meter of water charged by private vendors in some low income countries is more than 100 times of what that same amount of water would cost in the United States from a municipal water source.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What is the difference between point and nonpoint source pollution?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include some of the follow

Question 10

Which of the following is an example of non-point source pollution?

Accepted Answer

A)  Air pollution from a factory smoke stack. 
B)  Pollution from a company's waste water pipe. 
C)  Pollution from a community's lawns (due to fertilizer and herbicide use). 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Air pollution from a factory smoke stack. 
B)  Pollution from a company's waste water pipe. 
C)  Pollution from a community's lawns (due to fertilizer and herbicide use). 
D)  All of the above.

Question 11

What is Desalinization and what are its pros and cons?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include some of

Question 12

What constitutes effective water governance?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include some of the follow

Question 13

Small, local, democratic water management projects that are potentially resilient to impacts of climate change are examples of "community rooted projects."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

If you were made more aware of your water footprint, would your consumption patterns change? Why or why not? What are some of the barriers to change, and how could those barriers be overcome?

Accepted Answer

If I were made more aware of my water fo

Question 15

Do you drink bottled water? If so, why (knowing its life-cycle impact upon the environment)? Other than an outright ban, what policies would need to be implemented for you to stop your bottled-water consumption?

Accepted Answer

Yes, I do drink bottled water occasional

Question 16

What makes a community rooted project? And what are potential pros and cons?

Accepted Answer

Answer should include some of the follow

Question 17

Point source pollution:

Accepted Answer

A)  Comes from a pipe or has a clear, specific source. 
B)  Can be monitored. 
C)  Can be control and regulated. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Comes from a pipe or has a clear, specific source. 
B)  Can be monitored. 
C)  Can be control and regulated. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 18

How does climate change impact the earth's fresh water system? (Surface and ground water) Discuss and explain with reference to the chapter.

Accepted Answer

Climate change has a significant impact

Question 19

A number of attributes of effective water governance were identified in Society and the Environment. Those attributes included which of the following:

Accepted Answer

A)  Participation, transparency, equity, and accountability. 
B)  Consumerism, corporatism, inequality, and culpability. 
C)  Diversity, dynamism, stability, and mutability. 
D)  All of the above. 
A)  Participation, transparency, equity, and accountability. 
B)  Consumerism, corporatism, inequality, and culpability. 
C)  Diversity, dynamism, stability, and mutability. 
D)  All of the above.

Question 20

Explain what is meant by severe water stress.

Accepted Answer

Answer should include some of the follow

Why is water not viewed as your typical "economic good"?

Which of the following is an example of point source pollution?

What is the best definition of market environmentalism?

Discuss and explain the problem of bottled water and water privatization. Provide details from the chapter in your discussion.

Which Fast Fact would you use to talk to and educate others about our current water crisis? Why and what would you say?

Having reviewed the Fast Facts at the start of the chapter 5 (Water), which fact is most compelling (surprising) to you and why?

Which of the following commodities takes the most water to produce?

The cost of one cubic meter of water charged by private vendors in some low income countries is more than 100 times of what that same amount of water would cost in the United States from a municipal water source.

What is the difference between point and nonpoint source pollution?

Which of the following is an example of non-point source pollution?

What is Desalinization and what are its pros and cons?

What constitutes effective water governance?

Small, local, democratic water management projects that are potentially resilient to impacts of climate change are examples of "community rooted projects."

If you were made more aware of your water footprint, would your consumption patterns change? Why or why not? What are some of the barriers to change, and how could those barriers be overcome?

Do you drink bottled water? If so, why (knowing its life-cycle impact upon the environment)? Other than an outright ban, what policies would need to be implemented for you to stop your bottled-water consumption?

What makes a community rooted project? And what are potential pros and cons?

Point source pollution:

How does climate change impact the earth's fresh water system? (Surface and ground water) Discuss and explain with reference to the chapter.

A number of attributes of effective water governance were identified in Society and the Environment. Those attributes included which of the following:

Explain what is meant by severe water stress.

Introduction: Individuals, Societies, and Pragmatic Environmentalism

Greenhouse Gases: Warmer Isnt Better

Waste: Our Sinks Are Almost Sunk

Biodiversity: Society Wouldnt Exist Without It

Population: a Problem of Quantity or Quality

Transportation: Beyond Air Pollution

Food: From Farm to Fork

Energy Production: Our Sun-Ny Prospects Part III: Organizing a Sustainable Society

Political Economy: Making Markets Fair and Sustainable

Governance: Biases and Blind Spots

Inequality and Growth: Prosperity for All Part IV: Shifting the Focus to Results

From Our Beliefs to Our Behaviors: Pragmatic Environmentalism in Action

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Exam 5: Water: Theres No Substitute Part II: At the Intersection of Ecology and Society

Why is water not viewed as your typical "economic good"?

Which of the following is an example of point source pollution?

What is the best definition of market environmentalism?

Discuss and explain the problem of bottled water and water privatization. Provide details from the chapter in your discussion.

Which Fast Fact would you use to talk to and educate others about our current water crisis? Why and what would you say?

Having reviewed the Fast Facts at the start of the chapter 5 (Water), which fact is most compelling (surprising) to you and why?

Which of the following commodities takes the most water to produce?

The cost of one cubic meter of water charged by private vendors in some low income countries is more than 100 times of what that same amount of water would cost in the United States from a municipal water source.

What is the difference between point and nonpoint source pollution?

Which of the following is an example of non-point source pollution?

What is Desalinization and what are its pros and cons?

What constitutes effective water governance?

Small, local, democratic water management projects that are potentially resilient to impacts of climate change are examples of "community rooted projects."

If you were made more aware of your water footprint, would your consumption patterns change? Why or why not? What are some of the barriers to change, and how could those barriers be overcome?

Do you drink bottled water? If so, why (knowing its life-cycle impact upon the environment)? Other than an outright ban, what policies would need to be implemented for you to stop your bottled-water consumption?

What makes a community rooted project? And what are potential pros and cons?

Point source pollution:

How does climate change impact the earth's fresh water system? (Surface and ground water) Discuss and explain with reference to the chapter.

A number of attributes of effective water governance were identified in Society and the Environment. Those attributes included which of the following:

Explain what is meant by severe water stress.

Introduction: Individuals, Societies, and Pragmatic Environmentalism

Greenhouse Gases: Warmer Isnt Better

Waste: Our Sinks Are Almost Sunk

Biodiversity: Society Wouldnt Exist Without It

Population: a Problem of Quantity or Quality

Transportation: Beyond Air Pollution

Food: From Farm to Fork

Energy Production: Our Sun-Ny Prospects Part III: Organizing a Sustainable Society

Political Economy: Making Markets Fair and Sustainable

Governance: Biases and Blind Spots

Inequality and Growth: Prosperity for All Part IV: Shifting the Focus to Results

From Our Beliefs to Our Behaviors: Pragmatic Environmentalism in Action

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