Question

Which of the following statements critiques technology’s impact on the physical environment?(1 point)
Responses

Dams help humans reroute water for irrigation and to create power, allowing them to accomplish important goals for themselves.
Dams help humans reroute water for irrigation and to create power, allowing them to accomplish important goals for themselves.

Human desire for fossil fuels such as oil and coal has led to reliance on technologies like fracking, despite the damage fracking does.
Human desire for fossil fuels such as oil and coal has led to reliance on technologies like fracking, despite the damage fracking does.

Taking steps to avoid deforestation is one strategy that will enable humans to reduce technology’s impact on the physical environment.
Taking steps to avoid deforestation is one strategy that will enable humans to reduce technology’s impact on the physical environment.

Greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing have been happening for centuries in factories around the world, causing climate change.
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Which answer best analyzes how technology is affecting the world?(1 point)
Responses

Technology is leading to less innovation.
Technology is leading to less innovation.

Technology is decreasing crop yields.
Technology is decreasing crop yields.

Technology is decreasing life expectancy.
Technology is decreasing life expectancy.

Technology is being used to conserve and restore ecosystems.
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Which statement best summarizes the changes in agricultural techniques over time?(1 point)
Responses

Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from requiring large inputs of labor to requiring large inputs of energy and technology.
Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from requiring large inputs of labor to requiring large inputs of energy and technology.

Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from very expensive to very cheap.
Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from very expensive to very cheap.

Over time, humans have decreased the inputs of energy and chemicals in agriculture.
Over time, humans have decreased the inputs of energy and chemicals in agriculture.

Humans have been using the same agricultural techniques since the beginning of sedentary agriculture.
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Which agricultural system requires the lowest input of labor and energy?(1 point)
Responses

nomadic pastoralism
nomadic pastoralism

intensive farming
intensive farming

the development and use of genetically modified crops
the development and use of genetically modified crops

industrial agriculture
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After you investigate the effects of technological change on natural resource use, what statement could you make?(1 point)
Responses

People used to produce electricity by burning coal, but today electricity can be produced using sunlight, running water, wind, and Earth’s internal heat.
People used to produce electricity by burning coal, but today electricity can be produced using sunlight, running water, wind, and Earth’s internal heat.

People learned how to use trees to make paper more than 2,000 years ago.
People learned how to use trees to make paper more than 2,000 years ago.

Since the mid-eighteenth century, people have gradually transitioned from riding horses to driving automobiles, flying airplanes, and launching rockets to space.
Since the mid-eighteenth century, people have gradually transitioned from riding horses to driving automobiles, flying airplanes, and launching rockets to space.

People have been using iron since the beginning of the Iron Age hundreds of years ago.
People have been using iron since the beginning of the Iron Age hundreds of years ago.
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Greenhouse gas emissions from manufacturing have been happening for centuries in factories around the world, causing climate change.
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Technology is being used to conserve and restore ecosystems.
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Over time, agricultural techniques shifted from requiring large inputs of labor to requiring large inputs of energy and technology.
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industrial agriculture
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People used to produce electricity by burning coal, but today electricity can be produced using sunlight, running water, wind, and Earth’s internal heat.