Exam 22: Technology and The Global Environment

Josh lives in a province in Canada where the Sydney Steel Company dumped tonnes of toxic waste for a century.Which province does he live in?

Which of the following may allow future farmers to grow crops that are entirely disease resistant?

Tristan is concerned with the number of fossil fuel-burning automobiles on the roads today.What is he worried about?

According to the textbook,which of the following is the most likely to suffer from cancer?

Environmental problems can be amplified by advocates and minimized by opponents.What does this phenomenon demonstrate about environmental problems?

What type of waste is produced by nuclear power facilities?

According to Ulrich Beck,which of the following is more worrisome than the fact that technologies are likely to fail sometimes?

The first major nuclear reactor accident in the world occurred in December 1952 at the Chalk River Nuclear facility in Canada.

What is the main underlying point made by the documentary film Food Inc.(2008)?

There is a disturbing association in Canada between high levels of contamination and pollution and which of the following?

Werner works for an organization that covers the costs of the majority of new research and development of technological applications today.What type of organization does he work for?

What are normal accidents?

Who is responsible for the creation of most technological innovations? Is this a beneficial arrangement for most of humanity?

Uranium ore was manually carried out of Port Radium in the Northwest Territories by Dene men who were paid minimally and were not warned the dangers of handling the materials.What does this example illustrate?

In the United States,heavy industrial polluters are often located near African-American communities.What does this example illustrate?

Which social scientist first discovered that creative outputs and inventions seem to occur in patterned ways?

Laura is working on a project at her university that,if successful,may create enormous profits for the investors while being potentially harmful to some animal species.According to the textbook,what is she most likely to suffer from in this situation?

Acid rain is a form of oxygen that blocks ultraviolet radiation coming from the sun.

Sheldon Ungar tells us that most people are prepared to sacrifice on behalf of global warming only when exposed to a "social scare."

There is an enormous variety of plant and animal species inhabiting the planet.What is this variety called?