A measure of the land area required to provide the resources and absorb the wastes of a population is referred to as the
A. ecological impact.
B. human dependent footprint.
C. human impact.
D. ecological footprint.
Answer: D
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A) garments B) home products C) carpets D) industrial uses E) construction materials
Which of the following is not a common cause and effect related to dust?
A) Swirling dust reduces visibility and causes highway accidents. B) Vegetated land is changed to barren desert by windstorms. C) Topsoil loses its nutrients and agriculture becomes less productive in a given area. D) Cities experience hazy skies, even thousands of kilometers from dust storms.
Wind speed is most closely related to
A) humidity. B) temperature. C) landform shapes. D) pressure.
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Considering only the hazard represented by sinkholes, which location will be safest and why? What will be an ideal response?