____________________ are chemical substances that persist in the environment and accumulate in the fatty tissues of humans and other organisms

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Persistent organic pollutants
POPs

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A(n) _______________ is a thin, horizontal sheet of igneous rock that solidified between rock layers within the Earth

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Only a few thousand impact craters have been identified on Venus's surface, even though it, too, would have experienced the same heavy bombardment period that affected Mercury and the moon. Why does Venus appear relatively unscathed?

A) Venus was not impacted. B) The gravitational forces of Mercury deflected the meteorites. C) Venus's surface was reshaped by extensive volcanism. D) Extensive stream networks buried the impact sites with sediments.

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Since the 1960s, as a result of automobile modifications (as well as other factors), carbon monoxide emissions in the U.S. have declined by more than three-fourths and ________ emissions by more than 95 percent

A) nitrogen oxide and hydrocarbon B) nitrogen hydroxide and oxygen C) nitrogen and oxygenated D) sulfur dioxide and bicarbonate E) hydrocarbon and sulfur dioxide

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The occupation with the highest percent of women is

A) preschool teacher B) secretary C) nurses D) retail sales E) social workers

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