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Which of the following is an advantage of habitability over sustainability?

It ignores the changing conditions of environments.

It carries the baggage of corporate and political issues.

It focuses on ideological debates.

It encourages the inclusion of all ecosystems in planning. (correct)

A coevolutionary approach views science, policy, and society as separate entities with no impact on each other.

False (B)

Name one environmental policy that is strictly enforced, as mentioned in the text?

Endangered Species Act (ESA)

The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme uses __________ to encourage compliance.

economic incentives Signup and view all the answers

Which is a negative effect of affluence on the environment?

Increased resource consumption (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which of these factors contributed to the decline of the Greenland Norse according to one of the versions?

Pandemics and globalization (B) Signup and view all the answers

Match the following concepts of science with their descriptions:

Ready-made science = Established facts Science-in-the-making = Continuous development Explanatory reductionism = Breaking things into parts Explanatory holism = Viewing systems as wholes Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes hypothesis-driven science?

Testing specific predictions with experiments. (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following best describes the focus of 'Epistemology'?

The study of how we know. (D) Signup and view all the answers

Mechanistic epistemology emphasizes the role of relationships and societal context in understanding knowledge.

False (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the international agreement that aimed to phase out CFCs?

Montreal Protocol Signup and view all the answers

The belief in an objective reality is known as ______.

Metaphysical Realism Signup and view all the answers

Match the following terms with their descriptions:

Ecological Fallacy = Assuming local characteristics from broad trends Individualistic Fallacy = Assuming broad patterns from individual cases MAUP = How spatial boundaries alter data interpretations Operational Scale = Spatial/temporal dimensions of processes Signup and view all the answers

What does 'Sacrificing Grain' refer to in sampling?

Using coarse-resolution data for large-area analysis. (B) Signup and view all the answers