Environmental Science Quiz 2-3
 
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Environmental Science Quiz 2-3

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 
 
Section 3  -  Making Informed Decisions
 

 1. 

When making an environmental decision, listing positive and negative long- and short-term consequences can help you to
a.
predict risks involved.
b.
make observations.
c.
weigh your values.
d.
collect data for a graph.
 

 2. 

Principles or standards we consider important are known as
a.
values.
b.
models.
c.
morals.
d.
data.
 

 3. 

The decision-making model
a.
provides a systematic process.
b.
is a conceptual model.
c.
helps you make decisions.
d.
All of the above
 

 4. 

Which environmental decision-making model is in the correct order?
a.
Make a decision. Gather information. Consider values. Explore consequences.
b.
Gather information. Consider values. Explore consequences. Make a decision.
c.
Consider values. Explore consequences. Make a decision. Gather information.
d.
Explore consequences. Make a decision. Gather information. Consider values.
 

 5. 

Which step in the environmental decision-making model should include reading newspapers and listening to well-informed people on all sides of an issue?
a.
evaluating all the information
b.
gathering information
c.
considering values
d.
exploring consequences
 

Matching
 
 
Section 3  -  Making Informed Decisions

Choose the letter of the description that best matches the term or phrase.
a.
the protection of natural resources
b.
human leisure activities
c.
what is right or wrong
d.
the maintenance of human communities, their values, and their traditions
e.
the accumulation, sharing of knowledge
 

 6. 

social/cultural value
 

 7. 

educational value
 

 8. 

environmental value
 

 9. 

recreational value
 

 10. 

ethical/moral value
 



 
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