A concept developed by john rawls to escape from the bonds

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Question 1. The House and Senate are comprised of: 

• committees and sub-committees.   
•   regulators and heads of agencies.   
•   the Cabinet and executive staff.   
•   the Vice President and gubernatorial members.   

Question 2. Which is the following is an example of an ecosystem service? 

•   Water filtration   
•   Landscaping services   
•   Coal mining   
•   Pollution abatement 

Question 3. The U.S. Senate is comprised of members based upon: 

•      census data regarding population size.   
•   equal representation of the states.   
•   shifting demographics from election to election.   
•   proportional relationships to the number of representatives per state.  

Question 4. Greenwashing is best described as a company's: 

•   legitimate efforts to commit to "going green."   
•   superficial efforts to "go green" to placate interested parties.   
•   support of environmentally-focused non-governmental organizations.   
•   rejection of environmentally-focused political candidates.   

Question 5. Executive Orders are enacted: 

•      by administrative agencies.   
•   by judicial opinion.   
•   with Congressional approval.   
•   without Congressional approval.   

Question 6. Environmental justice violations:    

•    only occur accidentally.   
•   are adequately addressed by existing law.   
•   may cause the displacement of environmental damage across space or time.   
•   are generally superficial and harmless to the environment.   

Question 7. Trading pollution permits is an example of: 

• market-based mechanisms.   
•   privatization of resources.   
•   community control of resources.   
•   environmental justice.   

Question 8. When political and ecological boundaries do not align, this is called: 

•     temporal mismatch.   
•   cartographic error.   
•   spatial mismatch.   
•   competing values.    

Question 9. A concept developed by John Rawls to escape from the bonds of self-interest when considering what constitutes justice is:  

•    the veil of science.   
•   the veil of knowledge.   
•   the veil of ignorance.   
•   the veil of philosophy.

 Question 10. Characteristics of environmental policy include all of the following,except:    

•    scientific uncertainty and risk.   
•   greenwashing.   
•   spatial and temporal mismatch.   
•   externalities.