"The Story of Stuff"In this activity, you will watch a brief video exploring where consumer goods come from and end up, then answer questions about the environmental impact of this system.This 2007 video about the life cycle of consumer products was an instant sensation in YouTube's early days. The producer, Annie Leonard, provides a sharp critique of our production and consumption system.Watch the video (https://youtu.be/9GorqroigqM) and summarize Leonard's view on the causes of the environmental crisis in our society by answering the following questions:What is the linear production-consumption system?

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(a) there is a rich diversity across race, ethnicity, religion, and social class among homosexual cohabitants. (b) lesbian, gay, and heterosexual relationships are quite similar. (c) compared to heterosexuals, lesbian and gay partners report fewer barriers to leaving a relationship. (d) all of the above

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Dr. Lopez is calculating the return rate for her survey. How will she do it?

A. Divide the number of surveys that were completed and returned by the total number of surveys B. Divide the number of surveys that were completely filled out by the number of surveys that were returned C. Divide the number of survey items by the number of general categories of items D. Divide the number of surveys with missing data by the number of surveys that were sent out

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