Exam 22: Technology and the Global Environment

An enormous variety of plant and animal species inhabit the planet.What is this variety called?

The advantaged in a society often consciously put the disadvantaged in harm's way to avoid risk themselves.

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

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

Edward is the CEO for a large pharmaceutical company that is interested in exploiting natural compounds found in wild plants.Which of the following is the best place for him to visit to find the richest variety of potentially medicinal plants?

What is a risk society?

According to some analysts, what will enable environmental problems to self-correct?

Which of the following events created uncertainty about the beneficial effects of technological advances for many people?

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

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

Explain how the social construction of environmental problems shapes the way we perceive them.

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

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

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?

The Bomqvist Factory emits a variety of toxic chemicals into the water and soil surrounding the plant.What is this process called?

Because of the need to bioengineer and use biotechnology to make good food for everyone, large multinational companies share their patents and information.

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?

Food, Inc.(2008) poses a classic sociological question about technology: Is technology always a means of improving human life or is it sometimes antagonistic to human values? Based on your reading, answer this question.

With its huge population, Mainland China is the world's number-one polluter.

What did Michael Faraday discover?