An individual carbon-oxygen bond is polar. Yet carbon dioxide, CO2, which has two carbon-oxygen bonds, is nonpolar because
A) the molecule has an even number of electrons.
B) it has a greater symmetry.
C) the electron-pulls of the two oxygen atoms are equal and opposite.
D) Two of the above are reasonable.
D
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A) Arctic Ocean B) Atlantic Ocean C) Indian Ocean D) Pacific Ocean E) Southern Ocean
Clearly describe how affluence can have both harmful and beneficial environmental effects.
What will be an ideal response?
An example of a market-based incentive for environmental protection would be
A. Fees charged to inventors of new control technologies B. Rigid laws outlawing pollution production C. Setting prices for pollution according to consumer demand D. Fees placed on certain types or volumes of a pollutant E. All of these are examples of market-based incentives for environmental protection
The CLIMAP project was able to reconstruct Earth's past ocean surface temperatures by examining ____
A) deep ocean water B) rock layers on land C) thousands of feet of sediment at the bottom of the ocean D) soils deposited over the North American continent