Science/water in popular culture question?

During the 1927 Mississippi River flood black men were forced at gunpoint to sandbag levees as they failed, forcing many to drown.

(a) true

(b) false



Solutions that can reduce flood damage costs include all of the following except

(a) Flood proofing buildings

(b) “Smart Growth” planning

(c) Paving more land surfaces

(d) Land buyouts

(e) Levee setbacks



The primary aim of the Volta project was

(a) water supply

(b) flood control

(c) navigation

(d) power production

(e) flood control and water supply



The International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), an independent entity made of thousands of scientists from around the world, has concluded that emissions of greenhouse gases and aerosols due to human activities have not and will not alter the atmosphere in ways that are expected to affect the climate.



(a) True (b) False





Example short-answer questions for section 2



List two ways in which nature is responsible for floods and two ways in which human activities are responsible for floods.



What is a cancer cluster?



Example questions for section 3:



1. Explain the following statement: Clean, abundant water is a basic human need; wealth and power flow to those who control it.



2. Compare and contrast how the movies we saw this quarter portrayed men and women.

Science/water in popular culture question?
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