During the course of this exam, six more species will go extinct. Why? Identify at least three factors that contribute to this loss. Be sure to discuss how these factors are both “material” and “ideal” and draw explicitly upon the concepts from readings and lecture.
What will be an ideal response?
(1) Habitat loss, example of suburban Sprawl: material—driven by
increased populations and economic development; ideal—American ideology
suggests that the house and the green lawn are a necessary part of the social
experience (2) Pollution: material—demand for more goods, lax regulations;
ideal—consumption of unnecessary goods (3) Leaking of global gene pool:
material – global travel, GMOs mix genes and species; ideal—global travel as a
result of leisure and business, cultural demand of social experience (4)
Deforestation: material—trees consumed for technological and material ends
(paper, furniture; ideal—moral values make this acceptable by constantly
demanding new stylish/practical goods.
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What will be an ideal response?
Sometimes a light breeze which may be called a ____, blows from the countryside into the city
a. subsidence inversion b. city breeze c. cool front d. surface inversion e. country breeze
What percentage of Earth’s water can be found in the oceans?
Subsidies and tax breaks for environmentally harmful businesses cost the world's taxpayers ____ per year.
A. $2 trillion B. $200 billion C. $150 billion D. $1 billion E. $500 million