Exam 11: Environment and Population

Which of the following is the greenhouse gas that accounts for most of global warming?

How do greenhouse gases bring about global warming?

How did the industrialized economies adjust to the higher oil prices that resulted from the oil shocks of the 1970s?

In comparison to global warming,the cost of solutions to repair the damaged ozone layer is far higher and the problem is not as well understood.

Global environmental problems are easier to solve because of the small number of actors involved.

Nonterritorial waters are called __________.

The most common cause of the extinction of species is __________.

Reduced destruction of local __________ is the aim of an international treaty on biodiversity.

The threat of extinction impacts a limited number of species.

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea puts most commercial fisheries and offshore oil under control of states as territorial waters.

The end of demographic transition is characterized by __________.

In the late 1990s,which region emerged as a new source of oil,despite its lack of a stable route for oil pipelines?

The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea treaty __________.

The major emitters of greenhouse gases today are __________.

The __________ Sea was once one of the world's largest lakes until it was decimated by the diversion of its water sources to irrigate crops.

Solutions to environmental collective goods problems increase short-term __________ for long-term __________.

The use of specific chemicals that damage the earth's ozone layer is now being __________ under international agreements.

The metaphor known as the "tragedy of the commons" is widely used to explain the impact of human behavior on __________ systems.

Air pollution and water pollution are more often __________ problems than __________ problems.

States that fail to address nicotine addiction face high future costs in health care.