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s2008m [1.1K]
3 years ago
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*Environmental science What would offering tax breaks for companies investing in clean energy do? A. It would tip the economic b

alance to make clean energy more profitable. B. It would remind an industry of its ecological footprint. C. It would push the industry to following the public's preferences D. It would allow companies to use more energy. Many species of field mice can reproduce several times a year and produce litters with multiple offspring. However, an ecologist noted that the population size of mice in a California grassland remains stable from year to year. The factors that keep natural populations from increasing are collectively called Limiting factors. X-factor Carrying capacity Birth, death, immigration, and emigration 3. What’s the difference between statute and a regulation in the US? Statutes are laws passed by federal agencies, while regulations are laws passed by Congress Citizens that break the law are subject to heavier penalties, whereas breaking regulations would only result in fines at the worst. Statutes are laws passed by Congress, while regulations are laws passed by federal agencies They’re the same thing. Laws and regulations express the same concept 4. The human population is currently following a J-shaped curve. This means that population is growing By a boom-and-bust cycle. Exponentially At a decreasing rate. Arithmetically 5. People in a rural community share a forest. By agreement, each family can cut 10 trees per year for personal use. One year, one person cuts 20 trees to build a shop that's nicer than the neighbor’s shop. The new shop flourishes, and despite the general disapproval, nothing is done to punish the cheater. The neighbor, seeing this, decides that it’s okay to go ahead and take 25 trees. Other neighbors follow suit. After a few years, the forest plot is gone and everybody must travel much farther for wood. What’s this an example of? Natural Law of the Land. Tragedy of the Commons Conservation Property Rights Voluntary approach to environmental policy 6. When a population stops growing because it has reached the maximum number that the environment can support, the population has reached. A ceiling Carrying capacity Population density A critical point 7. Why are people from Pacific Island nations likely to become environmental refugees? Because they’ve degraded their islands and can no longer grow food Because of sea level rise due to climate change Because the fish populations they survive on are diminishing Because large factories there have contaminated the soil, increasing cancers and other health problems 8. How may the desire for a perfect lawn be related to environmental pollution? Lawns absorb pesticides and fertilizers and these chemicals leach out of the lawn and run into creeks, stream and eventually, rivers, with rain, or watering, eventually, reaching the ocean, Manicured lawns are subject to increased runoff. Perfect lawns require excess use of manual labor. Lawns have little to do with environmental pollution 9. What’s the central idea of the Deep Ecology movement? Understanding ecological principles is the core of conservation Nature is God’s creation, given to humanity to dominate. Nature has a right to exist in and of itself. For this reason, tampering with nature is morally wrong Nature exist as a resource that should be preserved for the future generations 10. Coca-Cola owns a massive fleet of delivery trucks that have contributed 3.7 million metric tons of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere so far. Coca-Cola decided to change by investing in new trucks that use alternative energy to do their deliveries. Their goal is to reduce their carbon footprint by 25% by the year 2020. What’s this an example of? Tragedy of the Commons Government Incentive Market-Based approach Corporate responsibility
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sertanlavr [38]3 years ago
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Answer:

Offering tax breaks for companies investing in clean energy would tip the economic balance to make clean energy more profitable (A)

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