What does the first law of thermodynamics tell us?
A. Doing work always creates heat.
B. Altering matter is the best source of energy.
C. Energy cannot be recycled.
D. Energy is neither created nor destroyed.
E. Energy cannot be converted.
Answer: D
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A) Russia has become a nation-state. B) military alliances have become more important in Europe. C) nationalities have been discouraged from expressing their cultural identities. D) the European Union has become the world's leading economic superpower. E) the Organization of American States has disbanded.
As an expert in environmental sociology, you have been asked to give a brief speech at a major international conference on the future of the world’s environment. What will you say? Be sure in your speech to say whether we should be optimistic or pessimistic. Justify your answer sociologically, drawing on material from this course.
What will be an ideal response?
Most of the southeastern United States has more than 40 inches of precipitation per year
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Which of the following is CORRECT regarding the moment magnitude scale?
A) It considers the amount of fault slippage produced by the earthquake, the size of the surface (and subsurface) area that ruptured, and the nature of the materials that faulted. B) It is the same as the Mercalli scale. C) It is a scale of magnitude based on arithmetical progressions (1,2,3,4, etc.). D) It is a closed scale that begins at 0.0 and ends at 10.0.