According to the text, the air, water, earth, plants, animals, and mineral resources are part of the __________.
a. solar system
b. demographic system
c. natural system
d. social system
Probably the most important agent of secondary aging is __________.
a. stress
b. continuing to work
c. hardening of the arteries
d. declining memory capacity
Environmental stress involves the interaction of three systems: the natural environment, the technological system, and the __________ system.
a. solar
b. social
c. capital
d. physical
Aging human beings experience a decline in their homeostatic capacity. This means that __________.
a. their sex drive diminishes
b. they have reduced ability to tolerate stress
c. their arteries develop deposits that impede blood flow
d. the capacities of their hearts diminish
Can we control harmful environmental effects before it is too late? In many cases, the technology exists to control environmental damage, so why isn't the damage being controlled, according to the text?
a. It is too late to control the environmental damage.
b. The majority of the population does not know about the environment damage.
c. The majority of the population does not want the damage controlled because it
will hurt the economy.
d. Powerful interests do not wish to shoulder the cost of controlling environmental
damage.
Earlier in this century, pesticides and herbicides revolutionized agriculture, making it much more productive. Subsequent research has linked many of these chemicals to the destruction of fish and birds and to certain cancers in humans.
These findings suggest that __________. a. the BP Deep Horizon disaster could have been averted with the proper legislation
in place
b. whistleblowers should speak to Congress about the need to protect the
environment
c. sometimes technologies that seem benign and that we take for granted as part of
everyday life have unanticipated environmental consequences
d. the earth's population is too large and has exceeded its proper capacity
When wind, rain, and snow can no longer remove the particles deposited in the air by machines of various kinds, the result is _______.
a. whistleblowing
b. pollution
c. cultural lag
d. technological lag
According to the text, accelerated technological and scientific change and rapid population growth are causing what to occur in the world?
a. an increase in racism and discrimination
b. women's labor force participation
c. the digital divide
d. pollution and depletion of the natural environment as never before
The elderly in the United States have a higher than average suicide rate. __________ seems to be the most important influence.
a. Reduced income
b. Declining health
c. A lack of social relationships
d. Criminal involvement
In some instances, social and economic needs change, but up to that time there is no technology to supply these needs. This is __________.
a. technological lag
b. the Eichmann effect
c. social determinism
d. culture lag
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