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What is the output? #include void Swap(int* x, int y) {int tmp;tmp = *x;*x = y-1;y = tmp+1;} int main(void) {int p = 4, q = 6;Swap(&p, q);printf(“p = %d, q = %d\n”, p, q);return 0;}

For the list {7, 12, 15, 13, 20, 14, 27, 25, 36, 40, 99}, how many elements will be compared to find 14 using linear search?

Extra Credit Options 2: What are the major takeaways that you gained from this course? Thinking about any articles or news stories you have seen recently, how has this course changed/challenged the ways that you think about environmental ethics and how environmental concerns are represented/discussed in the media?  

Essay Question 1 Pretend that you are creating your own Environmental Ethics course. First, write a short course description (1-2 sentences) for students that explains what environmental ethics is. This should include a concrete and original statement of how you define or understand environmental ethics.  Then, thinking about all the readings we have done this semester, all of the authors and perspectives we have discussed and engaged with, choose three (3) concepts, ideas, or contributions that you believe are essential for students to engage with in your course. Explain your rationale for why you think these concepts or ideas are foundational in environmental ethics and why it is important for students to learn about them. Your answer should include a clear statement that explains each of the concepts or ideas you choose in detail, providing clear definitions of any terms and connecting your ideas directly to course readings. A good essay will thoroughly discuss different concerns and perspectives raised by prominent authors in this field of study. It will also provide a broad understanding of the idea of environmental ethics and show that you have closely read and engaged with the assigned course readings from this semester.

Which radical environmentalist penned the following statement? “Certain human cultures have been waging war against the Earth for millennia. I chose to fight on the side of bears, mountain lions, skunks, bats, saguaros, cliff rose and all things wild. I am just the most recent casualty in that war. But tonight I have made a jail break—I am returning home, to the Earth, to the place of my origins.”

Which of the following authors argued that natural objects, such as trees, should be bestowed with legal rights through the appointment of special guardians who are designated to protect the voiceless elements in nature?

Essay Question 3 Throughout this course, we have discussed the importance of “stories,” specifically focusing on how the stories we tell influence the ways that we (humans) engage with the other-than-human natural world. In a well formulated essay, discuss how religion as a cultural narrative has functioned as one such story throughout history. What are the central or key ideas that have shaped our understandings of our relationship with the non-human natural world today? Your answer should draw from the course lectures and readings and provide at least two (2)  distinct and thoroughly detailed examples.  Several of the authors that we have engaged in the second half of the semester have argued that we need an alternative perspective or a “new story.” These authors point to key problems with the stories that we tell today and offer important interventions that help us to critically reflect on and rethink the stories we tell about ourselves and our interrelationships with the other-than-human natural world. Identify at least two authors who offer such alternative narratives. Explain what their major criticisms or interventions are and detail what a “new story,” reimagined along the lines that they suggest, might entail. 

Extra Credit There are two questions listed below for extra credit. They are worth up to 5 points total. You can choose to answer one or both, but the total number of points awarded will reflect how thorough your answers are, not how many questions you answered. In other words, you can choose to answer 1 question and provide a more detailed response, and still be eligible for up to 5 points. Alternatively, you can provide brief responses to both questions if you choose, but you will still receive a max of 5 points.  Only answer these if time allows. Extra credit points will be factored into your final adjusted score. 

Which of the following is true of “Border Thinking”?

Intersectionality