Write your answers out In complete thoughts and full sentences, unless otherwise directed to list or if the answer is just a single word or short phrase.
1. Today, most cattle arc raised on a diet of corn and other supplements. List 4 substances that are added to the corn in cattle feed?
2. Explain how feeding cows corn has lead to the evolution of the deadly strain of E. oh 057:147.
3. Choose ONE of the following: building dams or channelization. Describe how it changes the drology of natural rivers and explain the expected benefits and potential environmental impacts.
4. Choose ONE of the following three mining disasters: Benhixu, Farmington, Upper Big Branch. Describe when, where, and how many people were killed in the disaster. Also discuss the underlying Cause of the disaster.
5. Explain the difference between a point source and a non-point source of pollution.
6. List the three major ways that coal is mined. Choose one and give a brief description.
7. Explain how pharmaceutical drugs, such as human hormones, antibiotics. and mood enhancers enter the water supply.
8. Discuss the causes and consequences of the Flint Water Crisis.
9. Choose ONE of the following: Mercury, Particulate Matter, Sulfur Dioxide, Oxides of nitrogen. Describe the health risks association with this pollutant.
10. Explain how the source water of one municipality could he tied to the waste water of another municipality.
11. Why was the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, Category 4, so much more deadly than Category 4 urricanes today?
12. List three examples of physical changes due to global climate change, as repotted by the IPCC.
13. Explain the difference between area-weighted data and exposure-weighted data as applied to examining global temperature changes. (4 points)
14. Where in the world is water scarcity expected to be the most severe?
15. List the three main factors that influence the global climate.