How is pollution prevention different from pollution control?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Pollution prevention means not producing pollutants: pollution control means removing them from waste before discharging the waste to the environment.

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The presence of multiple medial moraines indicates ________

A) several glaciers have joined B) ablation is greater than accumulation C) accumulation is greater than ablation D) glacial erosion is particularly weak E) the presence of a glacial surge

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What will be produced when carbon dioxide dissolves in seawater?

A) Calcium carbonate B) Sulfuric acid C) Carbonic acid D) Sodium chloride

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How much promise does hydrogen power hold? Is its eventual sustainability just a myth or something to be pursued?

What will be an ideal response?

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These pillars are remnants of layers, most of which have been stripped away by wind erosion. If this occurred in less than five years you might reasonably conclude that

A. this area recently has become a productive place to produce agriculture. B. this area was originally a lake. C. there must have been drought, overgrazing, or some short-term climatic change. D. the pillars are remnants of volcanic necks.

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