What are some of the reasons why running water is important to humans? What will be an ideal response?
Water is important for domestic uses, industry, agriculture, power, and transportation corridors.
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Incineration of hazardous wastes
A. is widely accepted as the best way to dispose of all hazardous wastes. B. results in the production of high-level hazardous wastes. C. may be performed at considerably less expense than landfills. D. increases the total volume of trash. E. is not yet technologically feasible.
The measure of how harmful a substance is called its ____________.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Why would the effects of the storm have been so much more pronounced and long-lasting in Haiti than in the Dominican Republic?
A) The deforested areas in Haiti experienced increased volume and speed of rainfall runoff, causing mudslides and severe flooding. B) Because of the absence of forests, Haiti experienced stronger winds than the Dominican Republic. C) Haiti received much more rain than the Dominican Republic. D) The lack of forests in Haiti created a warmer land surface, which fed more heat energy into the hurricane, worsening the storm on that side of the island.
Tsunami is a Japanese word that means ________ waves.
A. big B. harbor C. dragon D. island E. killer