Exam 22: Technology and the Global Environment

When natural disasters strike, marginalized people tend to experience more hardship. What do sociologists call this phenomenon?

Heather is angered because people only see the cost of fuel at the pump but not the overall cost to the environment of extracting the fuel, transporting the fuel, and storing the fuel. What is she angry about?

Shannon believes that all modern technological advances are harming the entire planet and she is starting a new Facebook group to organize resistance to them. What does Shannon feel that humans today live in?

According to the textbook, when did many people become alerted to the fact that technological advances may not always be beneficial?

The use of windmills and solar panels to create clean, efficient, renewable energy demonstrates the successful use of which of the following to deal with environmental problems?

Allie considers herself a technological determinist. Which of the following best describes her views of technology?

The province of Alberta collects more revenue from oil than it does from Alberta citizens. While this may appear beneficial, there are serious social and political ramifications. Which of the following would be a consequence of this arrangement?

According to the textbook, approximately what percentage of the world's main fish species are in decline today?

The textbook contends that market and technological solutions are insufficient by themselves to overcome the dangers of environmental degradation caused by technology.

What do we call the act of joining DNA from two separate hosts together?

Monsanto, the American-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, has scoured Earth in a quest to patent plants that have been used for centuries by Indigenous people as medication and turn them into commercially viable medicines. What do Indigenous people call this practice?

Monsanto, the American-based multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation, has scoured Earth in a quest to patent plants that have been used for centuries by Indigenous people as medication and turn them into commercially viable medicines. What does Monsanto call this practice?

Lee is concerned because he lives in the nation that is considered the world's largest polluter. Where does he live?

Scientists have been experimenting with uniting the genes of different animals together to create whole new animals. What do we call the potential threat posed by such scientific inquiry?

What do we call the disproportionate accumulation of environmental dangers to racialized minorities?

Explain the significance of genetic pollution. What can be done to solve this problem?

Due to higher crop yields and a reduced need for water and fertilizer, genetically modified seeds have proven to be profitable for many farmers.

In the ongoing debates surrounding climate change and global warming, which of the following groups is LEAST likely to be identified as having an interest in overemphasizing the need for global action on climate change?

What element blocks excessive ultraviolet radiation from reaching Earth?

Carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise in Canada and most other countries.