Packet #4

Economics

  1. Differentiate between GNP, GDP, GNP per capita, GDP per capita. Also, define & know GNI, GNI PPP, per capita GNI, & per capita GNI PPP.
  1. What drives the economy?
  1. Describe the tension between the environment & the economy.
  1. What is a green business?
  1. Differentiate between internal and external costs.
  1. Describe an earth sustaining economy.
  1. Describe these terms renewable resource, nonrenewable resource.
  1. What is carrying capacity?
  1. Differentiate between linear & exponential growth.
  1. Differentiate between developing and developed nations. Give an example of each and an estimate of the GNP of each.
  1. Describe the wealth gap.
  1. What is the tragedy of the commons? How does economics effect this?
  1. What is the environmental impact equation & define the terms.
  1. Describe the various world views and their relationship to economics.

Solid & Hazardous Waste

  1. Describe each of the following and give the pros & cons of each of the following - Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Incineration, Burying & Detoxifying wastes.
  1. What is a hazardous waste?
  1. Describe the concept of the Superfund.

PublicLands, Forests & Wild Species

  1. Describe public land use and which are more or less restricted.
  1. What is an Environmental Impact Statement and what is its role?
  1. What are the pros & cons of rangeland and using public lands for this?
  1. Describe the concern over riparian zones.
  1. What are the threats to National Parks?
  1. Describe how ecosystems & public lands are managed.
  1. Why should we preserve land?
  1. Why are forests important?
  1. What is the concern over deforestation?
  1. Explain various tree harvesting methods.
  1. How can forests be preserved?
  1. Why should we preserve wild species?
  1. What is the concern over the extinction of animals?
  1. What does it mean (technically) to be an endangered or threatened species?
  1. What are causes of extinction?
  1. Describe how species can be protected & the idea of wildlife management.

Urban Areas

  1. Define the following terms - urban, rural, degree of urbanization, urban growth, land-use planning, zoning & urban sprawl.
  1. List and describe the environmental & health concerns over cities.
  1. What are solutions to some of these urban problems?

Politics, Ethics & Worldviews

  1. What is the role of environmental groups & anti-environmental groups?
  1. How can the USpolitical system be improved?
  1. What can individual citizens do?
  1. List the worldviews & define what they mean.
  1. What can/will you do?