Which of the following best matches the description?Gift to private enterprise by government when the enterprise is in economic difficulty.
A. negligible risk
B. risk
C. external costs
D. supply/demand curve
E. risk assessment
F. subsidy
G. demand
H. probability
I. risk management
J. sustainable development
Answer: F
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Which of the following environmental examples represents systems thinking?
A) planting grass for cattle to feed on in desert regions B) studying the behavior of a global invasive species C) examining the beetle life cycle that is posing a threat to local forests D) emission control devices on California automobiles E) undertaking a long-term study of Lake Michigan ecology
Land degradation is often enhanced by social systems that influence the ways that local farmers manage their land
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following statements about water is true?
A. At temperatures above 4°C, warmer water will rise. B. At temperatures between 0°C and 4°C, warmer water will rise. C. At temperatures below 0°C, warmer water will sink. D. At temperatures above 4°C, warmer water will sink.
Typically when a glacier recedes, the deposited material leaves behind
A) material of a wide range of sizes, until streams moving around the area begin to sort the material by size. B) material of a wide range of sizes only after streams moving around the area begin to mix together the particles of different sizes. C) primarily clay-sized material because material bigger than clay cannot be picked up by ice easily. D) primarily sand-sized materials and larger because the ice tends to crush the finer materials into a powder.