The public policy life cycle given in the text consists of four stages. Choose an environmental issue covered in the book and describe where you think the issue is in the cycle. What is the next step in the cycle for your chosen issue? What do you think will happen when the cycle is complete?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer is highly subjective. The answer should indicate an awareness of the steps in the cycle and what part of society would be involved in the steps.

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a. A tributary valley whose floor is at a higher level than that of the main valley b. A bowl-shaped depression that forms at the upper end of glacial troughs c. A thin ridge formed by the headward erosion of two cirques (on opposite sides of a ridge) d. A steep-walled pyramidal peak

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Using the diagram of figures, select the names of the plate boundaries that match the figures going left to right.

A. divergent/transform/convergent B. transform/divergent/convergent C. transform/convergent/divergent D. convergent/divergent/transform E. convergent/transform/divergent F. divergent/convergent/transform

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Which of the following is likely to benefit the most from this climate change pact?

- oil industry - nuclear industry - coal industry - natural gas industry

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The wedge-shaped deposit of sediment on the inside bank of a meander is called:

a. cut bank b. cutoff c. meander neck d. oxbow lake e. point bar

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