In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, which dramatized the potential dangers of ________ to food, wildlife, and humans and eventually led to changes in the United States on their use.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


pesticides

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

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Surface weather information is provided by more than ____ land-based stations and hundreds of ships and buoys providing surface weather information at least four times a day

a. ?100 b. ?10,000 c. ?100,000 d. ?1,000,000 e. ?10,000,000

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Refugees migrate primarily because of which type of push factor?

A) economic B) environmental C) political D) circulation E) All of these choices are correct.

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Only a minority of tropical disturbances grow enough in strength to be reclassified as a stronger type of storm

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences

The greatest escape speed required is for a rocket launched from

A. the Moon. B. Earth. C. the Sun. D. same for each

Environmental & Atmospheric Sciences