Economic Concepts in Environmental Studies Quiz

Explore economic concepts in environmental studies with this quiz. Test your understanding of externalities, GDP, market structures, and more.

#1

Which of the following is an example of a positive externality?

Pollution from a factory
Education benefiting society as a whole
Traffic congestion
Water scarcity
#2

What does GDP stand for in economics?

General Development Policy
Gross Domestic Product
Global Development Program
Governmental Domestic Production
#3

What is the concept that describes the maximum amount of a good that consumers are willing and able to purchase at a given price?

Supply
Demand
Equilibrium
Utility
#4

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a perfectly competitive market?

Many buyers and sellers
Homogeneous products
Price control by a single firm
Easy entry and exit
#5

What is the economic term for the highest-valued alternative that must be given up to engage in an activity?

Opportunity cost
Sunk cost
Marginal cost
Average cost
#6

Which economic concept refers to the additional cost of producing one more unit of a good or service?

Marginal cost
Average cost
Total cost
Opportunity cost
#7

What is the Tragedy of the Commons?

A situation where individuals overuse or deplete a shared resource
A concept in socialism
A theory in microeconomics
An economic policy
#8

What does the term 'externality' refer to in economics?

An effect of a transaction that affects a third party
Internal cost of production
Economic surplus
Market equilibrium
#9

Which of the following is a measure of income inequality?

Gini coefficient
Gross Domestic Product
Consumer Price Index
Inflation rate
#10

What is the term for a market structure characterized by a few large firms dominating the market?

Perfect competition
Oligopoly
Monopoly
Monopolistic competition
#11

Which economic theory argues that market economies tend towards full employment and economic stability without government intervention?

Keynesian economics
Classical economics
Monetarism
Supply-side economics
#12

What is the concept that describes the total value of goods and services produced within a country's borders in a specific time period?

Gross National Product
Net National Income
Gross Domestic Product
National Savings
#13

What does the term 'elasticity' measure in economics?

The responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price
The total revenue of a firm
The level of consumer satisfaction
The percentage change in income
#14

In economics, what is the term for a situation where one person's consumption of a good does not reduce its availability to others?

Public good
Common resource
Private good
Club good
#15

Which of the following is NOT a factor of production in economics?

Land
Labor
Capital
Technology

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