People Important To Environmental Science

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People Important To Environmental Science - Quiz

This quiz reviews 36 famous people who have contributed to our study and understanding of environmental science.

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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 1^st 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