Discuss the reasons that people may face water shortages in the future
What will be an ideal response?
Earth's growing population requires more water for drinking, sanitation and growing crops and maintaining technology and industry. Meanwhile, industrial practices are reducing the supply of freshwater in many ways. These ways include: polluting water by point and nonpoint sources and overpumping groundwater for agriculture, industry, and municipal uses.
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All the world's people and places benefit equally from globalization
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
One landform that is caused by erosion from running water is a
A) waterfall. B) U-shaped valley. C) sand dune. D) mountain.
The economic value of biodiversity and ecosystems services is difficult to assess because
A. nobody has studied them. B. we only recognize their value when they are gone. C. we don't directly pay for them. D. All of the statements are correct.
A typhoon is more like a tornado than a hurricane.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)