Which of the following best illustrates an intergenerational consideration?
A) Increasing health-care insurance for every citizen in a country
B) Rationing gasoline in a time of short supply
C) Reducing the harvest of blue fin tuna to sustainable levels
D) Depleting a forest to produce firewood for use in heating and cooking
C
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Why is it easier for the body to excrete a polar molecule than it is to excrete a nonpolar molecule? What chemistry does the body use to get rid of molecules it no longer needs?
A. Polarity of the molecules has nothing to do with the ease of excretion. However, the body does metabolize and excrete smaller molecules more easily and passes them out through the colon. B. It is easier for the body to excrete nonpolar molecules because they dissolve in the oils of the skin and are washed away when we bathe. C. Polar and nonpolar molecules are excreted equally easily. The body is well adapted to deal with both forms of molecules via its metabolic processes. D. Polar molecules are easier to excrete because of their greater solubility in water. Upon dissolving in water, they can be excreted through urine.
If you just want to go for a swim in a meandering river and want to find a sandy beach, where is the best place to look for your swimming hole?
a. outside bend of the meander loops b. a point bar on the inside bend of a meander c. a cut bank
The increasing globalization of production
A) was accompanied by an new international division of labor. B) was possibly only because the largest corporations stayed put in the U.S. C) had little effect on the deindustrialization process in the industrial nations. D) strengthened the power of unions in advanced economies. E) followed along the same trends as the old imperial system.
Which of the following apply to Greenland and Antarctica?
a. alpine glacier b. ice field c. ice cap d. piedmont e. continental ice sheet