What impact does increased distance from natural areas, as a consequence of urbanization, have on human views of nature? How do we ameliorate this?
What will be an ideal response?
It has caused us to feel isolated from nature and sometimes to fear it, and to feel that nature is merely an exploitable resource. The animals and plants of urban parks and natural lands help to satisfy biophilia, our natural affinity and need for contact with other organisms. For children, these areas with their wildlife give an opportunity for the natural qualities of curiosity and exploration to be expressed, qualities which might otherwise be directed into less inspiring aspects of urban life.
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The east coasts of midlatitude continents are generally
A) dry because of the rain shadow effect on the lee of mountains plus cold, dense air, produces a sinking motion. B) moderately wet, as cold and warm air meet frequently, producing frontal precipitation. C) moderately dry due to the sinking motion of stable subtropical high pressure cell. D) generally wet because of the shift in the Intertropical Convergence Zone produces unstable conditions.
Judge the following sentence according to the criteria given below: Frost wedging is not a major
concern in tropical regions BECAUSE the most important chemical weathering reactions are solution, oxidation, hydration, and hydrolysis. a. The assertion and the reason are both correct, and the reason is valid. b. The assertion and the reason are both correct, but the reason is invalid. c. The assertion is correct, but the reason is incorrect. d. The assertion is incorrect, but the reason is correct. e. Both the assertion and the reason are incorrect.
Throughout much of Earth's history, the global climate was probably ____
A) warmer than it is today B) colder than it is today C) about the same temperature as it is today D) more variable than it is today
The Greenwich Meridian is also known as the ________
A) perihelion B) aphelion C) Prime Meridian D) equator E) small circle