What steps could you take to lower your climate impact? Check the Union of Concerned Scientists Web site for suggestions
What will be an ideal response?
The responses to this question will be very individual. Personal changes to lower an individual's contribution to climate change would include all aspects of energy and resource conservation. Taking shorter showers, taking showers instead of baths, and turning off water while brushing teeth and shaving save energy (water heating, pumping, and water and sewage treatment), turning off lights and other electrical equipment saves electricity (especially important if the energy source is coal), reducing the quantity of food wasted (less fuel needed for production, processing, transport, cooking, etc.), purchasing the most energy-efficient model when buying appliances, walking or riding a bicycle, carpooling, taking the bus or train, reducing air travel, considering if a purchase is even necessary (saves resources and energy in extraction, production, use, and disposal), living in a smaller house, and planting native plants (fewer pesticides and fertilizer, no water).
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Mountain building events occur along ____________________-____________________ or ____________________-____________________ plate boundaries.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Any lake that formed in nonglaciated areas during the Pleistocene as a result of increased
precipitation and reduced evaporation rates during that time:a. moraine d. cirque b. isostasy e. pluvial lake c. proglacial lake
What are some of the ways in which glaciers lead to the formation of lakes?