What 1969 disaster in Southern California prompted the organization of the first Earth Day in 1970?
A) The 100th death in Los Angeles due to air pollution.
B) A trash dump catching fire.
C) An off-shore oil spill.
D) A massive river fish kill.
C
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Which of the following best matches the description?A phenomenon where greenhouse gases allow light energy to pass through the atmosphere but prevent heat from leaving, therefore warming the planet
A. Nitrous oxide. B. greenhouse gases. C. Kyoto Protocol. D. CFCs. E. Global warming. F. climate change. G. IPCC. H. Carbon dioxide. I. Methane. J. Greenhouse effect.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. In Climate and Civilization, Ellsworth Huntington concluded that difficult climates produce people with the greatest strength of will, the least idleness, and the highest intelligence needed to survive harsh and extreme conditions. 2. Latour and Freudenberg argue that we should conceptualize the social and environmental as distinctly separate categories or ideas. 3. Marx believed that Darwin’s theory of natural selection was used by elites to suppress the working class. 4. Government agencies in the U.S. correctly displayed the depletion of ozone in the atmosphere as a “hole” to urge action to decrease the release of CFC’s.
Raindrops that reach the earth's surface seldom have diameters larger than: a. 0.006 mm
b. 0.6 mm. c. 0.06 mm. d. 6 mm.
Which type(s) of magma result in erupted material that is mostly in the form of ash?
a. ?rhyolite only b. ?andesite only c. ?basalt only d. ?both andesite and basalt e. ?both basalt and rhyolite