What are some of the causes and threats to humans due to? Explain the comment by National
Geographic Explorer, Dr. Jared Diamond, ‘the world’s environmental problems will get resolved one
way or another’ and describe the options for resolution. What will be an ideal response?
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should include:
? According to Dr. Diamond, non-sustainable advances and overexploitation are reasons
that humans are threatened today and why prior civilations have collapsed
? Whether the resolution of the world’s environmental problems will be one of human
choice or a result of warfare, genocide, starvation, disease epidemics, and collapse of
societies is of concern.
? The frequency of the disease, starvation, genocide, and other human plights increases
with environmental degradation.
? This is the first time in human history that we face the risk of global decline, but it is
also possible for humans to change the course of history by learning quickly from
modern developments and also from past civilations that have collapsed.
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a. up to 3 days in advance . b. up to 7 days in advance. c. up to 10 days in advance. d. up to 14 days in advance.
Snow converts to glacial ice when subjected to
A) decreasing temperature. B) pressure. C) sliding of the base downhill. D) plastic deformation.
On the Mercator projection, areas at high latitudes appear
A) larger than areas of the same size located nearer to the equator. B) smaller than areas of the same size located nearer to the equator. C) the same size as areas of the same size located nearer to the equator.
A halo around the Sun or Moon indicates that this cloud type is present
A) altostratus B) cirrus C) cumulonimbus D) cirrostratus