Exam 22: Technology and the Global Environment

On the popular cartoon The Simpsons, Marge serves a three-eyed fish for dinner to Homer's boss, Mr.Burns, owner of the nuclear power plant.What point was Marge making?

David is excited because he has suddenly realized the potential of science to create a better life for people all over the world.What is David excited about?

What has led some scientists and others to see technology as a "monster run amok"? How convincing is their view?

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

A respected group of climate scientists and statisticians assert that if we continue to burn fossil fuels at current rates, it will be extremely difficult to avert disaster by the year 2024.

Which of the following may provide humankind with the inability to contract HIV/AIDS?

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?

What was the Russian economist Nikolai Kondratiev a firm believer in?

Which of the following characterizes a risk society?

Where in Canada are the highest concentrations of industrial pollution found?

Ulrich Beck, in his risk society thesis, outlines that in the decades following World War II citizens were concerned with issues regarding the distribution of social goods, but in the last few decades citizens have been concerned with issues regarding the distribution of social bads.Explain this change in focus.

When did North Americans enter the era of big science and big technology?

What is the umbrella term used to refer to global warming, industrial and genetic pollution, and the decline of biodiversity?

According to the textbook, which of the following groups is most likely to experience disproportionately more environmental risk?

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

Which of the following places would be the most likely location for a new water-purification site?

The anti-nuclear movement is an example of a movement that forced changes in corporate and government policies.What is demonstrated by the success of this movement?

What is the social distribution of risk?

According to the textbook's discussion regarding who most opposes the information about the dangers of global warming, which of the following is a reasonable conclusion?

Which of the following counties in Nova Scotia was the most polluted in the 1990s?