Exam 1: Environment, human Systems, and Social Science

David Ricardo argued that the economic growth associated with industrialization would benefit landlords,but not workers or capitalists.

Which statement about energy is true?

_________ are both structural and cultural,and address human concerns related to collective survival.

A rose garden consisting of only American Beauty roses is a monoculture.

Dunlap and Catton suggest that ecosystems function as supply depots,living spaces,and waste repositories.

_________ analyzed the relationships between different environments and ecosystems in terms of compartments.

According to the text,scientific research strongly supports the idea that the total collapse of industrial society is imminent.

Industrialization led to which of the following?

The distinctive element of Durkheim's sociology was his emphasis on:

Compare and contrast the Dominant Western Worldview with the Human Exemptionalism Paradigm.

Which of the following human variables are considered to be driving forces of environmental and ecosystem change?

_________ implies that the economy is a closed system with pendulum like movement between production and consumption.

The transfer of energy from primary producer sources through a series of consumer organisms is known as a food:

In which type of exchange are resources shifted upward so that they can be reallocated?

The concept of a cognized environment implies a high degree of scientific objectivity with little room for subjective impressions.

Larger numbers of people can be sustained if they consume foods that are at lower levels on the food chain.

The most significant environmental changes today are anthropogenic.

A(n) _________ is the location of an organism within an ecosystem,while its _________ is its role in a community of organisms.

Catton and Dunlap have suggested that sociologists should adopt the Human Exemptionalism Paradigm.

While the Dominant Western Worldview affects developed,industrialized societies,it has little impact on the less developed nations.