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[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy] Who has an impact on encouraging society to become more sustainable?

[CHAPTER 9 – Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels ] Which of these is an advantage to the United States for pursuing its tight oil via fracking?

[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy] Which three factors is the IPAT model based on?

[CHAPTER 9 – Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels ] What does the energy return on energy investment (EROEI) tell us?

[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy] Part of the Clean Air Act regulated ozone-depleting substances. Companies and industries had to phase out using those compounds and replace them with other compounds that would not harm the ozone layer. This type of regulation is:

[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy] What is true of transboundary problems?

[CHAPTER 9 – Conventional Energy: Fossil Fuels ] Which of the following are released when coal is burned?

[CHAPTER 10 – Air Quality and Climate Change ] Primary air pollutants are those which are ___.

[CHAPTER 5 –  Managing Resources: Environmental Economics and Policy] Which of the following would fit the first of the four Rs of waste reduction?

[CHAPTER 1 – Introduction to Environmental, Science, and Information Literacy] A group of scientists monitored plankton populations living in the southern oceans. They found that these populations did not perform as much photosynthesis in years when ozone depletion was high, compared to photosynthetic rates in years when ozone depletion was less. This is an example of____.