Analyses of budgets and appropriations reveal that the government has given an average of $2.7 million a day in ____ for privately owned interests that use U.S. public lands for activities such as mining, fossil fuel extraction, logging, and livestock grazing.
A. environmental exemptions
B. loans and grants
C. resources and equipment
D. permits and licenses
E. subsidies and tax breaks
Answer: E
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a. an increase in acid rain b. increases in sea levels c. more extreme weather patterns d. extinction of some organisms e. higher global temperatures
When a first-order stream joins a second-order stream, the result is always a ________
A) first-order stream B) second-order stream C) third-order stream D) fourth-order stream E) variable-order stream
The earliest crust was probably ____
a. rich in precious metals b. composed of felsic igneous rock c. composed of ultramafic rock d. very similar to the one of today e. composed of basaltic rock
Which of the following is not true of annexation in the U.S.?
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.