Many solutions to social problems are resisted because they threaten society's
traditional authority structure.
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The 19th-century belief that individuals are responsible for their problems has
disappeared today.
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Social stratification creates different views of the same reality.
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The scientific study of social problems is new because until recently people did not
feel any need for it.
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Social problems threaten all segments of society.
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The fundamental principle that heat-trapping emissions influence the Earth's temperature was first discovered in 1896
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If it were a country, ExxonMobil would rank sixth in the world in emissions from end use combustion of its products.
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Gelbspan proposed that new energy systems, which would replace the consumption of fossil fuels, could be developed in as little as:
a. 8 years.
b. 10 years.
c. 20 years.
d. 50 years.
The recent era of global warming was declared to have commenced in:
a. 1970, when the Environmental Protection Agency was created.
b. 1972, at the United Nations Conference in Stockholm.
c. 1988, by the director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies.
d. 1995, at a meeting of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Which of the following industries formed the Global Climate Coalition in 1989 to aggressively respond to emerging scientific studies about global warming and oppose governmental action designed to address the problem?
a. Exxon
b. American Petroleum Institute
c. other energy, automotive, and industrial companies
d. none of the above
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