Environmental activists set up camp in a field the night before the land is set to be cleared for a new development. When the workers hired to clear the land arrive the next day, the campers refuse to leave the field.
Furthermore, when the workers are not looking, the campers tamper with the equipment brought in to do the job, and consequently the workers are not able to start the project. The campers have engaged in a form of __________.
a. cyber war
b. cyclicality
c. ecosabotage
d. predator attacks
Question 2Environmental injustice refers to the way that __________.
a. Russians want to break up the G8
b. people have been affected by the Arab Spring
c. people have had to suffer after going through an earthquake
d. low-income and minority groups are more likely to be impacted by pollution
Question 3Which of the following is an example of what can directly result from rain forest destruction?
a. A rare medicinal herb which only grows in that environment is eradicated
b. Fossil fuels begin to lose their ability to produce energy
c. A fire destroys a garment factory
d. Cyber war proliferates
Question 4The author estimates that the number of species eliminated per year due to the destruction of the rain forests may be in the __________.
a. hundreds
b. thousands
c. millions
d. billions
Question 5Rain forests take up 6 percent of the land in the world and host about __________ of the animal/plant species in the world.
a. 2 percent
b. 10 percent
c. 25 percent
d. 50 percent
Question 6A new method has been developed to enable the Earth's waves to produce electrical power. This is an example of __________.
a. depleting the ocean
b. robbing Peter to pay Paul
c. using technology to provide an alternative energy source
d. a dangerous technique that is known to be more harmful than nuclear power
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