Author Question: Because of the modern environmental movement, A) the world population has remained stable. B) ... (Read 51 times)

joblessjake · **on:** Jul 16, 2018

Because of the modern environmental movement,

A) the world population has remained stable.
B) coal power plants are the main source of our electricity.
C) the federal government is less involved in environmental policy than it had been in the past.
D) the average life expectancy for humans is longer and quality of health is higher than they had been in the past.

Question 2

A gardener applied heavy doses of the same insecticide to her garden for two consecutive years to kill squash bugs.

During the third year, although the squash bugs were reduced, the woman called in an expert to explain why she had an abundance of new pests that were destroying her garden. The expert explained that the abundant new pests were largely due to her previous use of an insecticide in a phenomenon known as A) pesticide resistance.
B) secondary-pest outbreak.
C) reverse mutation and adaptation.
D) bounce back resurgence.