Exam 16: Sociology and the Environment

Which of the following represents the largest contributor to climate change?

Nonrenewable resources are infinite in quantity and therefore nonexhaustible.

Elizabeth May, a well-known environmentalist, is the current leader of the Green Party.

Why was Agent Orange (a cancer-causing chemical) sprayed in areas of Northern Ontario in the mid-1960s?

Who was the author of Silent Spring?

What precipitated the first wave of the modern environmental movement?

What is the current rate of oil consumption?

Dana's grandparents were highly involved in the nature-oriented environmental movement and often told stories of their activities in the "Save the Whales" campaign of the 1970s. According to your text, what could be said about Dana's grandparents?

What attribute of the dominant class explains why disadvantaged people are the primary victims of pollution?

Which of the following has been documented by epidemiological studies conducted on the Aamjiwnaang First Nations Reserve in Chemical Valley?

The tipping point is the critical point in an evolving situation that leads to a new and irreversible development.

Alvin was telling his grandson about the oil crisis of 1973: oil prices quadrupling, continuous lineups at gas stations and the Trudeau government beginning the process of creating a national oil company-Petro Canada. What precipitated this chain of events?

Extracting oil from the Alberta tar sands is a very difficult technical process. What is a consequence of this reality?

In a conversation with her friends, Dana was asked to give an example of an environmental tipping point. Which of the following would she offer?

Jeremy asked Ahmad, an international student from Saudi Arabia, what it was like to grow up in a rich country with the largest crude oil reserves in the world. Ahmad explained that his fellow citizens were being impoverished-their per capita income was almost $30,000 in the early 1980s and was currently less than $7,000. Which of the following would explain this phenomenon?

Which of the following represents the stance of Canada and the United States in regards to their risk management of chemicals?

In April 1998, Canada was one of the first countries to sign the Kyoto Protocol. According to the agreement, Canada committed itself to reach greenhouse gas emission levels 6 percent lower than its 1990 level by 2012. What result has Canada achieved?

Scott was playing a game of Jeopardy with his friends, and the answer was "a delicate threshold where a slight rise in the Earth's temperature can cause a dramatic change in the environment that triggers a far greater increase in global temperatures." What was the correct question?

The idea of sustainable development suggests that it is possible to have continued economic growth without damaging the environment.

Which of the following would you find involved in the operations of the Global Climate Coalition?