What is a subsidy? Describe the role of subsidies in present-day natural resource management

What will be an ideal response?


A subsidy is a government giveaway of money or resources, including tax breaks. It is intended to encourage certain desired activities while discouraging others. Subsidies can be used to promote sustainable activities, although more often they have been directed toward industries involved in unsustainable natural resource management. Subsidies for mining and coal industries, and the money spent to build roads so that logging companies can harvest timber in our national forests, are some examples.

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A) occurs only in plants that have relatively large chloroplasts.
B) occurs only in plants that have relatively small chloroplasts.
C) can happen whether sunlight is present or not.
D) requires the presence of sunlight.

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If the masses of two planetary bodies double, and the distance between them also doubles, the force between them would be

A. half as much. B. one-quarter. C. twice as much. D. none of the above

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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), how much has Earth's average global average temperature risen since 1880?

A. 0.8° C (1.0° F) B. 0.8° C (1.4° F) C. 0.5° C (1.0° F) D. 1.0° C (33.8° F)

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In ________, soil in which fine grains predominate moves downslope as a viscous fluid.

A. earthflows B. creep C. rockfalls D. landslides E. avalanches

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