Outline the four guiding principles of evaluating and reducing risk.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Compare risks-questioning whether a danger is great enough to worry about. Ask "How risky is it compared to other risks?"2. Determine how much risk you are willing to accept-most people accept a chance of a 1 in 100,000 of dying or suffering from a hazard as a threshold for changing their behavior. The EPA suggests a chance of 1 in 1 million is acceptable.3. Evaluate the actual risk involved-the news and media of exaggerate daily risks to capture attention, and therefore many people believe the world is much more risk-filled than it really is.4. Concentrate on evaluating and carefully making important lifestyle choices-this will help in having a greater chance of living a longer, healthier, and less fear-filled life. There is no point in worrying about risks over which there is no control, but one can control such choosing to smoke, practice safe sex, drive safely, exercise, and sun tan.
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Concerning rainfall patterns, areas of persistent high pressure tend to cause:
A) moderate rainfall. B) desert regions. C) pronounced wet and dry seasons. D) severe flooding.
For sub-freezing temperatures, the saturation vapor pressure just above a liquid water surface is ____ the saturation vapor pressure above an ice surface.
a. greater than b. the same as c. less than d. 10% less than e. 50% less than