What event occurred in 1986 that caused a general public shift in interest in nuclear energy?
A) Earthquakes impacting Japan's nuclear power plants.
B) The Chernobyl nuclear accident.
C) Global climate change due to burning fossil fuels was first well documented.
D) Solar and wind technologies were revealed that could replace nuclear technologies.
B
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A. Glass B. Metal C. Yard trimmings D. Plastic E. Paper
A ________ separates Earth into two hemispheres
A) solstice B) great circle C) small circle D) perihelion E) loxodrome
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A) Rules concerning annexation vary among states. B) Normally, land cannot be annexed into a city even if a majority of residents in the affected area vote in favor of doing so. C) Peripheral residents generally desired annexation in the nineteenth century, because the city offered better services, such as water supply, sewage disposal, and trash pickup. D) Today's cities are surrounded by a collection of suburban jurisdictions whose residents prefer to remain legally independent of the large city. E) As U.S. cities grew rapidly in the nineteenth century, the legal boundaries frequently changed to accommodate newly developed areas.
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A) Ocean floor mapping B) Earthquake prediction C) Natural disaster damage assessment D) Volcano monitoring E) Counting a city's population