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Workshop Four Post-Reading Questions

Chapter 15: Nuclear Power (Environmental Science)

1. Describe how energy is produced in a nuclear reaction. Distinguish between fission and fusion.

2. What are the four generations of nuclear reactors? Describe the advantages of Generations III and IV.

Chapter 17: Environmental Hazards and Human Health (Environmental Science)

1. What are the four main categories of human environmental hazards? Give examples of each.

Chapter 18: Global Climate Change (Environmental Science)

1. Provide a brief synopsis of global climate change. What are the main issues and trends?

2. What has been discovered about global climate trends in the past? How do contemporary trends relate to past records?

Chapter 19: Atmospheric Pollution (Environmental Science)

1. Describe the origins of industrial smog, photochemical smog, and atmospheric brown clouds. What are the differences in the cause and appearance of each?

2. Describe the international efforts that are currently in place to protect our ozone shield. What evidence is there that such efforts have been effective?

Chapter 20: Water Pollution and Its Prevention (Environmental Science)

1. Name and describe three methods of treating raw sludge and give the end product(s) that may be produced from each method.

2. Describe the TMDL program. How does it address source pollution, and what role do water quality criteria play in the program?

Chapter 21: Municipal Solid Waste (Environmental Science)

1. What are the major problems of placing waste in landfills? How can those problems be managed?

2. What materials are most commonly recycled? Describe how that is done.

Chapter 11: Stewards of Creation (Biology)

1. Explain some ways in which secularism and materialism have contributed to human exploitation of the earth.

2. Cite some examples of how greed and pride lead to environmental problems.