Free Response Questions for Unit 5- Human Resources
Chpt 13: GMF
Explain what Genetically Modified foods are. What are the benefits associated with genetically modified foods? What are the problems associated with genetically modified foods? Give an example of a genetically modified food and the issues associated with that particular GMF. Should products that use or contain GMF’s be labeled? Why or why not? Be sure to provide evidence that supports our view.
Chpt 14:
With increasing human population and increasing affluence comes an increase in the consumption of energy. Typically, developed nations have relied on conventional fossil fuels to supply their growing industrial needs. However, with the knowledge of environmental problems associated with conventional fuels nations are looking at “cleaner” sources of electrical production, such as hydroelectric power.
a)Identify and describe three benefits of utilizing large dams over the use of conventional fuels to address growing electrical energy needs supplied by coal burning power plants.
b)Discuss three environmental problems associated with large dams.
c)Identify and explain the function of two structural pieces to dam technology and how it produces electricity.
d)List one major dam that lies on the Colorado River and the reservoir it creates.
e)Discuss three different uses of the Colorado river and how states are managing the competition for the water of the Colorado river.
Chpt 15: Mining
Many people rely on mineral resources everyday and never realize it. From the jewelry they wear, soda cans that they throw away, to the metal that makes the care they drive- all products of mining extraction and manufacturing. These products seem invaluable to us as a resource, but leave a devastating mark on our earth’s surface.
a)Explain three different methods of removing mineral deposits from the earth.
b)List two types of minerals and their use in our society.
c)Discuss the difference between a high grade ore and a low grade ore.
d)Explain what the purpose of smelting and one example of a type of smelting. Describe two impacts of smelting.
e)Identify and explain three environmental effects that the physical mining of resources has on the environment.
f)Discuss three ways we can reduce the impacts of mining for resources.