Use the graph to answer the question. What led to the increase in steel consumption seen on the graph?
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More people started mining steel that are sold outside of the country.
Steel consumption increased when more people started to use computers.
More building construction is needed to provide for the needs of people.
Fossil fuels that became popular depends on steel production.
More building construction is needed to provide for the needs of people.
More building construction is needed to provide for the needs of people.
Sea level is rising.
Coal.
It is absorbed and heats the atmosphere.
Use the graph to answer the question.
What lead to the increase in the steel consumption seen on the graph?
Fossil fuels that became popular depends on steel production.
Fossil fuels that became popular depends on steel production.
More people started mining steel that are sold outside of the country.
More people starting mining steel that are sold outside of the country.
Steel consumption increased when more people started to use computers.
Steel consumption increased when more people started to use computers.
More building construction is needed to provide for the needs of people.
More building construction is needed to provide for the needs of people.
Which can be excluded from the list of environmental impacts of mining?
Sea level is rising
Sea level is rising
Habitats are destroyed
Habitats are destroyed
Harmful gases are released
Harmful gases are released
Water is polluted
Water is polluted
Which energy source releases the most carbon dioxide?
Coal
Coal
Hydroelectric
Hydroelectric
Solar
Solar
Wind
Wind
What happens to infrared radiation released by the Earth if there is an increased level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
It is converted to solar energy.
It is converted to solar energy.
It escapes and cools and heats the atmosphere.
It escapes and cools and heats the atmosphere.
It is absorbed and heats the atmosphere.
It is absorbed and heats the atmosphere.
It is converted to carbon dioxide.
It is converted to carbon dioxide.
With such huge increases in population, why has there not been a direct and equivalent increase in urban development (I.e., why is ut such a small proportion of habitable land use)?
Habitable land is already being used for livestock and crops.
Habitable land is already being used for livestock and crops.
People want to live close to where they work, which is usually the city or suburbs.
People want to live close to where they work, which is usually the city or suburbs.
Many people can live in small spaces, such as high rises in cities.
Many people can live in small spaces, such as high rises in cities.
There is not enough habitable land left for further urban development.
There is not enough habitable land left for further urban development.