In the Historical Roots of our Ecological Crisis, the historian Lynn White focuses on the influence of technology on our attitudes about nature. Which of the following technologies had the most significance in shaping these attitudes according to White?

a. Windmills
b. The weight-driven clock
c. The mold board plow
d. The blast furnace


c. The mold board plow

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A) France. B) Sweden. C) Italy. D) Spain. E) Britain.

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Calcite has ________ directions of cleavage.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 6

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Gas molecules in the lower atmosphere ________

A) are strongly bound to each other B) infrequently collide with each other C) tend to explode when they collide with each other D) tend to stay at rest E) are readily compressed and heated

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Toss a ball vertically upward and its speed at the top of its path is

A. dependent on the mass of the ball. B. between zero and 10 m/s2. C. zero. D. 10 m/s2.

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