Clearly describe how affluence can have both harmful and beneficial environmental effects.
What will be an ideal response?
The typical lifestyles of the citizens of developed nations are built on high levels of consumption and unsustainable use of natural resources. This type of affluence has an enormously harmful environmental impact.On the other hand, affluence can lead people to become more educated, environmentally aware, and concerned. It also provides money for the development of improved technologies that can help to reduce pollution, resource waste, and environmental degradation.
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A) K2SO4 B) H3OSO4 C) H2O D) KOH2SO4 E) none of the above
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A) raindrops larger than 5 mm. B) warm temperatures at high levels in the cloud. C) large numbers of particulates. D) large numbers of supercooled droplets.
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A) Trade winds
B) Westerlies
C) Downward flow of dry air in subtropics
D) Upward flow of dry air in the mid-latitudes
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