Exam 13: Environmental Problems

______ is the term given to the view that maintaining the earth's natural systems should take precedence over human needs, that nature has a value independent of human existence.

The ozone layer of Earth's atmosphere

Air pollution is now considered the world's most significant environmental health risk.​

There are no adverse effects involved with the use of wind power.​

Biofuels are derived from

Who are the climate deniers? How do they come to be climate deniers?​

Increased use of ethanol has resulted in

More than half of solid waste in the United States is

Deep ecology is the view that maintaining the earth's natural systems

What are the causes of and problems created by deforestation and desertification?

Desertification is associated with which of the following problems?

Planned obsolescence contributes to which of the following?

Biomass energy comes from

Global warming and climate change is expected to cause

According to the text, __________ can remain potentially harmful for 250,000 years.

Scientific evidence shows that global warming is caused mostly by

Chemicals that evaporate from the soil of the tropics, ride the winds north thousands of miles, condense in the cold air, and fall on the Arctic in the form of toxic snow or rain illustrate the problem of

Air pollutants mix with ____________ to form acid rain.

The demands humanity makes on the earth's natural resources is the

The largest single social movement in the United States is likely