Water mining is a technological innovation that
a. harvests polar and glacial ice for consumption.
b. converts salt water to fresh water.
c. is the overpumping of groundwater faster than it can be replenished.
d. both a and b.
C
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A) Multistage cluster sampling B) Unitary cluster sampling C) Quota sampling D) Inferential sampling
In the dominant-minority group relations continuum, which of the following has the highest level of intolerance?
A) ?Genocide B) ?Acculturation C) ?Segregation D) ?Assimilation E) ?Pluralism
Which statement is most accurate concerning human population growth?
A. The rate of population growth over the last 2 centuries has been declining. B. The rate of population growth over the last 2 centuries has been dramatically increasing. C. Human population growth has had little impact on the environment. D. Human population growth has had little impact on urbanization.
Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)
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