People Important To Environmental Science
This quiz reviews 36 famous people who have contributed to our study and understanding of environmental science.
- 1.Has conducted a 45 year study on Chimpanzees plus a lot more...
- A.
Rachel Carson
- B.
Lois Gibbs
- C.
Jane Goodall
- 2.Argues for the economic benefits of continuous population growth. Thinks that human ingenuity and development are our ultimate resources.
- A.
Paul Erlich
- B.
Julian Simon
- C.
Mario Molina
- 3.His essay on the principle of population says that all living things reproduce more than the land can support.
- A.
Malthus
- B.
Muir
- C.
Molina
- 4.A hiking trail running through the southeast is named for him.
- A.
Sinclair
- B.
Bartram
- C.
Hornaday
- 5.Deeply spiritual environmentalist - founder of the Sierra Club
- A.
John Muir
- B.
Lois Gibbs
- C.
Ansel Adams
- 6.First chief of the US Forest Service - Father of American conservationism
- A.
Pinchot
- B.
Simon
- C.
Marsh
- 7.President who preserved 150 National Parks!
- A.
Franklin Roosevelt
- B.
Teddy Roosevelt
- C.
Jimmy Carter
- 8.Black and White nature photographer
- A.
A. Leopold
- B.
H. Bennet
- C.
A. Adams
- 9.Director of NY zoological park; Saved the American Bison
- A.
Hornaday
- B.
Leopold
- C.
Pinchot
- 10.His famous book led to the Pure Food and Drug Act (1906) and the Meat Inspection Act (1906)
- A.
Bennet
- B.
Commoner
- C.
Sinclair
- 11.He made us aware that soil erosion is a serious issue.
- A.
Darling
- B.
Wilson
- C.
Bennet
- 12.Wrote Man and Nature (1864), the 1st modern discussion of environmental problems.
- A.
John Jay Audubon
- B.
George Perkins Marsh
- C.
Ansel Adams
- 13.He wrote Sand County Almanac, one of most respected books on the environment ever published.
- A.
Lester Brown
- B.
Aldo Leopold
- C.
Barry Commoner
- 14.He wrote Birds of America in which he painted, categorized, and described the birds of North America
- A.
Rowland
- B.
Hardin
- C.
Audubon
- 15.The ant man and more...
- A.
E. O. Wilson
- B.
W. Bartram
- C.
J. Muir
- 16.An eco-socialist who claims that capitalistic ideals are responsible for environmental degradation. Came up with 4 laws of ecology.
- A.
Barry Commoner
- B.
Paul Erlich
- C.
Lester Brown
- 17.Organized a group of homemakers to fight the toxic waste in their neighborhood (Love Canal) at local, state, federal levels
- A.
Jane Goodall
- B.
Lois Gibbs
- C.
Alice Hamilton
- 18.He’s the minister for Environment Protection in Australia – a really cool bloke.
- A.
David Brower
- B.
Gifford Pinchot
- C.
Peter Garrett
- 19.The first executive director of the Sierra Club - helped save the Grand Canyon from a dam on the Colorado river.
- A.
David Brower
- B.
John Muir
- C.
Theodore Roosevelt
- 20.President who created the Department of Energy and encouraged conservation and development of energy resources.
- A.
Franklin Roosevelt
- B.
Jimmy Carter
- C.
George W. Bush
- 21.Professors of chemistry in California that discovered that dissolving Chlorofluorocarbons released Chlorine, which degrades ozone.
- A.
Simon and Erlich
- B.
Brower and Brown
- C.
Molina and Rowland
- 22.Contrary to Simon, he thinks that human population growth must be regulated - resources must be used wisely.
- A.
Erlich
- B.
Audubon
- C.
Hardin
- 23.As governor, protected record amount of land in California with which Redwood National Park was established.
- A.
Jimmy Carter
- B.
Ronald Reagan
- C.
Arnold Schwarzenneger
- 24.Greatly publicized global climate change as a direct consequence of human action through a movie showing a series of lectures of his climate change research.
- A.
E.O. Wilson
- B.
Lester Brown
- C.
Al Gore
- 25.Declared the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands a national monument. (good)Refused to support the Kyoto Protocol (not so good)
- A.
George W. Bush
- B.
Ronald Reagen
- C.
Jimmy Carter
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