How serious of a problem is air pollution? Discuss primary and secondary standards; how air pollution is measured; what causes it; and its health and economic consequences.
What will be an ideal response?
The ideal answer should include:
1. Nearly one half of all Americans-an estimated 150 million-live in areas that do not meet federal air quality standards.
2. The Clean Air Act requires EPA to set national air quality standards for pollutants considered harmful to public health and the environment. Primary standards provide public health protection; secondary standards provide public welfare protection.
3. Air Quality Index (AQI): Ground-level ozone, particle pollution (also known as particulate matter), carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide.
4. AQI Scale in Table 14-3
5. Primary causes: Cars and heavy-duty trucks which emit ozone, particulate matter, and other smog-forming emissions.
6. Effects: Health effects can range from headaches to death; economic effects include illness, lost days at work, hospital spending, premature death, reduction in crop yields, clean-up costs.
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a. subroutines b. managerial intervention c.sequencing d. group decision-making
In the 1950s, Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the civil rights movement used civil _____ (nonviolent action seeking to change a policy or law by refusing to comply with it) to call attention to racial inequality and to demand greater inclusion of African Americans in all areas of public life
a. disruption b. obedience c. unrest d. disobedience
While no family-service field is more important than another, they differ in emphasis and application. What is the primary emphasis of FLE and how does it differ from family therapy?
What will be an ideal response?
According to ethnomethodologists, which types of conversations are highly organized and structured as to minimize conflict?
a. Job interviews b. Executive negotiations c. Calls to emergency centers d. Dispute resolution in mediation hearings