Employing the concepts of high-quality matter and low-quality matter, explain to a friend why recycling aluminum drink containers is a good idea
What will be an ideal response
The aluminum needed to produce more aluminum products is more easily obtained from the concentrated metal in a recycled container than by mining aluminum ore from the soil. Aluminum ore is more widely dispersed, difficult to extract, and ends up being more costly in terms of environmental degradation.
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The environmental wisdom worldview believes we should talk about saving the earth because the earth is in need of saving.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
In August 1986, a gigantic volume of ________ belched forth from Lake Nyos in Cameroon and swept down the adjacent valleys asphyxiating 1,700 people.
A. carbon monoxide B. super-heated H2O C. carbon dioxide D. hydrogen sulfide E. sulfur dioxide
What event triggered the main eruption of Mount St. Helens in May 1980?
A) Melting snow caused a huge steam eruption. B) Magma encountered groundwater and exploded. C) A landslide removed rocks and released pressure on the magma. D) All of these are correct.
The total energy released by all the tropical cyclones in one season is captured by the ________.
A. Atlantic Multi-cyclone Calculation (AMC) B. Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) index C. Potential to Kinetic Rate (PKR) D. Tropical Transportation Rate (TTR) E. Energy Dissipation Index (EDI)