Environmental Studies 112 Quiz 4

According to Dr. Paul Robbins' lecture, which of the following factors explain the municipal water pollution tragedy in Flint, Michigan

All of these

Which of the following is true about E-Waste?

E-waste is related to issues of racial and environmental justice since its disposal can affect people disproportionately

In the GERD project, which involves building a large dam in Ethiopia, which nation has opposed the project because it fears it will bear most of the negative impacts?

Egypt

Which of the following is true?

Environmental justice is an analytical framework that researchers use to study the causes of environmental inequality and propose solutions

Uranium 235 is highly radioactive

False

The Nile Basin Cooperative Framework is an agreement among all the countries in the Nile River Watershed that provides some "General Principles" about how countries should coordinate their management of the Nile River. During class we compared these "General Principles" to the guidelines for successfully managing common pool resources that have been developed and described by Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues. Which of the following common pool resource management principles did we agree is NOT clearly present in the "General Principles" proposed by the Nile Basin Cooperative Framework?

Graduated Sanctions

Which of the following is NOT a reason that uranium-bearing ores have been mined?

To extract vanadium for the purpose of creating stronger steel alloys

Environmental justice activists are most concerned about environmental racism when it is intentional.

False

Which of the following statements is true about political ecology?

It integrates ecological, political, social, and economic factors in the study of environmental issues

How does radium affect the human body?

It replaces calcium in the body, affecting bone and tooth development