What is the connection between environmental justice and economic justice? Provide an example from the chapter.
What will be an ideal response?
Often environmental injustice comes with lack of money or perpetuates
economic loss. When, the people of Grassy Narrows discovered that the river on which
they had long relied for food and income was polluted with methyl mercury, they could
no longer fish there. This perpetuated poverty and social problems as a result of an
inability to work or support families.
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The mineral gold (Au) is very soft. Gold's softness can be attributed to
A) large, tightly packed atoms. B) small, loosely bonded atoms. C) large, loosely packed, and loosely bonded atoms. D) large, closely packed, and strong bonded atoms.
Today, house types in the United States are distinguished by all but which of the following?
A) They can still be divided into three distinct regions. B) They display few regional distinctions. C) They are usually mass-produced. D) Alternative styles have diffused throughout the country. E) They demonstrate how popular customs vary more in time than in place.
A thin object is likely to absorb less radiation than is a thick object of the same material
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
In a particular chemical reaction 2 bonds are broken and no bonds are formed. Based only on this information, which of the following is true?
A) The reaction has a high activation energy. B) The reaction is endothermic. C) The reaction is exothermic. D) We cannot determine which of the above is true.