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| Energy sources from the remains of prehistoric plants and animals |
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| Energy created by splitting atoms |
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| Energy created from the sun's rays |
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| Form of energy that propels sailboats |
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| The world's most widely used fossil fuel |
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| The cleanest fossil fuel, often sent through pipelines |
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| Energy produced by the natural rise and fall of the oceans |
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| Formerly the world's chief fuel, this provides only a small percentage of today's energy. |
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| Motor fuel that is a mixture of ethanol and gasoline |
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| Term for energy sources that can be rebuilt or regenerated |
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| Term for energy sources that will run out eventually |
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| Element commonly used in nuclear fission |
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| The combining of atomic nuclei, a possible future energy source |
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| Nuclear fission does not produce this dangerous byproduct |
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| The world's second most widely used fossil fuel |
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| Mideast nation with greatest amount of petroleum reserves |
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| Two leading West European producers of crude petroleum |
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| Norway and the United Kingdom |
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| Devices that convert sunlight into electricity |
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| photovoltaic (solar) cells |
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| Power generated when water contacts heated underground rocks |
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| Gaseous element that may become a major future energy source |
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| The killing of these sea mammals is now controlled by international agreement. |
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| Mixture of fog and smoke; major pollutant of many cities' air |
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| Prolonged lack of rain, experienced often in Africa |
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| Tanker accidents that can devastate coastal areas |
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| Site of world's largest oil spill, result of war, 1991 |
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| Site of devastating Alaskan oil spill in 1989, or the tanker that caused the spill |
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| Prince William Sound, the Exxon Valdez |
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| Layer of the atmosphere that is beginning to break down |
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| Ozone in the atmosphere protects us from this. |
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| Gradual warming of the earth's atmosphere |
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| Centers that break down organic wastes into waste water |
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| Global warming is expected to produce a rise in this. |
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| Major contributor to smog and carbon dioxide pollution, especially in the United States |
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| Result of too much exposure to ultraviolet light |
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| Dangerous radiation released from nuclear explosions |
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| Organisms that increase when nitrate and phosphorus levels increase in water |
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| Addition of heated water to a natural body of water |
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| Manufactured particles that are damaging the upper atmosphere |
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| chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) |
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| Global network to monitor atmospheric pollution |
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| Substance in the air created by burning carbon-containing fuels |
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| Mechanisms on cars that remove some of the exhaust pollutants |
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| Major pollutant released when coal is burned |
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| Large open area where solid waste is buried |
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| Chemical products used to kill insect pests |
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| Chemical products used to kill weeds |
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| Having more people than a region can support |
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| Process that robs farmland of topsoil |
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| Watering of land by artificial means, used on 550 million acres worldwide |
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| Reprocessing of waste materials |
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| Byproducts of nuclear power plants |
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| nuclear (radioactive) wastes |
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| Development of new high-yielding seeds for rice and wheat |
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| The new high-yielding crops need heavy doses of this. |
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| U.S. agency that works to cut down pollution |
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| the Environmental Protection Agency |
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| Living things in danger of becoming extinct |
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| Disposal of these nonusable things is a growing problem. |
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| Clearing of this Brazilian area may affect the world's climate. |
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| Three most commonly recycled materials |
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| Programs to reduce loss of topsoil |
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| soil conservation programs |
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| Method of controlling population growth |
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| Substance that has been removed from gasoline and paints |
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| International meeting in Rio de Janiero on the environment and development in 1992 |
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| Main cause of species extinction |
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| Levels of comfort, expected to be lower in the future |
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| Complete control of a commodity, service, or market |
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| International commerce without trade barriers |
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| Chief reason why manufacturers locate in underdeveloped nations |
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| Businesses that are natural monopolies |
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| New, common European currency |
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| Tax on imported goods to protect native products |
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| Reducing the value of a nation's currency in relation to other countries' currencies |
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| A corporation that produces and sells a product in two or more countries |
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| a multinational corporation |
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| The expectation of people in underdeveloped nations to have a higher standard of living |
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| the revolution of rising expectations |
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| Most of the world's underdeveloped countries are in this hemisphere. |
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| Underdeveloped countries contain most of the world's remaining stores of these. |
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| The United States changed from a creditor nation to this in the 1980s. |
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| Annual meeting of world industrial leaders |
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| High duties on a long list of imported goods |
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| Agreements reached by the United States with both Canada and Mexico in the 80s and 90s |
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| South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore |
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| Industries that multiplied in developed nations as manufacturing jobs went to developing nations |
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| Selling goods abroad at less than they sell for at home |
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| Policy of setting high import duties to protect native products |
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