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#	Question	Subject and topic	Difficulty
1	A forest officer argues that a watershed forest must be protected because nearby towns depend on it for drink…	Environmental Studies Modern schools of ecological thought	Easy
2	The “land ethic”, which judges actions by whether they protect the integrity and stability of the biotic comm…	Environmental Studies Modern schools of ecological thought	Medium
3	Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring (1962) mainly drew public attention to the harmful effects of:	Environmental Studies Modern schools of ecological thought	Easy
4	Which view holds that whole ecosystems and species, not just individual organisms, have value in themselves?	Environmental Studies Modern schools of ecological thought	Medium
5	A thinker who traces the ecological crisis mainly to social hierarchy and domination among humans belongs to …	Environmental Studies Modern schools of ecological thought	Hard
6	The terms “deep ecology” and “shallow ecology” were introduced by:	Environmental Studies Deep and shallow ecology	Easy
7	Which statement reflects shallow ecology rather than deep ecology?	Environmental Studies Deep and shallow ecology	Medium
8	Gary Snyder, linked with deep ecology, is best known as a:	Environmental Studies Deep and shallow ecology	Easy
9	Earth First!, founded in the USA in 1980, is best described as:	Environmental Studies Deep and shallow ecology	Medium
10	According to deep ecology, humans may reduce the richness and diversity of life only to:	Environmental Studies Deep and shallow ecology	Hard
11	The idea of “stewardship” of land means that people should:	Environmental Studies Stewardship of land	Easy
12	Wendell Berry’s book on culture and agriculture, published in 1977, is titled:	Environmental Studies Stewardship of land	Medium
13	Which of these would Wendell Berry most strongly support?	Environmental Studies Stewardship of land	Easy
14	Berry’s remark that “eating is an agricultural act” is meant to show that:	Environmental Studies Stewardship of land	Medium
15	How does Berry’s land stewardship differ from strict wilderness preservation?	Environmental Studies Stewardship of land	Hard
16	Who developed social ecology, which links the domination of nature to the domination of humans by humans?	Environmental Studies Social ecology	Easy
17	“Everything must go somewhere” is one of the laws of ecology given by:	Environmental Studies Social ecology	Easy
18	Which is NOT one of Barry Commoner’s four laws of ecology?	Environmental Studies Social ecology	Medium
19	According to Barry Commoner, the sharp rise in pollution after the Second World War was mainly caused by:	Environmental Studies Social ecology	Hard
20	Marxist or socialist ecology mainly blames environmental degradation on:	Environmental Studies Social ecology	Medium