Why is it important to understand our interactions with the environment? What will studying environmental science enable you to do?

What will be an ideal response?


We depend on the environment for air, water, food, shelter, and everything else. We are capable of modifying the environment whether we intend to or not. Understanding our interactions with the environment is the essential first step toward devising positive, sustainable solutions. Studying environmental science will give us the tools we need to evaluate information on environmental change and to think critically and creatively about possible actions to take in response.

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A) Vaccines against bird flu might spread the disease around the world. B) Antibiotics against bird flu will stop working. C) Migrating birds might spread the flu widely. D) Hunters shooting the birds and eating the meat might become infected.

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We are fortunate in the United States that large tsunamis do not affect most of our coastal regions except in Hawaii

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The ancient kingdom in the area of modern Sudan was

A. Assyria B. Akkadia C. Nubia D. Massai

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