Environmental Science Questions! Please Help?

1. When can a biodegradable material like newspaper become a pollutant?



2. How can we reach a sustainable world?



3. During which period in human history did nost of the environmental problems that we see today?



4. The chance that an earthquake will occur during the next year is an example of _________.



5. Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when they photograph birds in flight?



6. Why are curiosity and imagination important in science?Environmental Science Questions! Please Help?1. when there is too much of it to degrade quickly or its in an area where the degrade matter is still a pollutant.

When it is burned instead of naturally decomposed.



2. Educate population in better behaviors; design systems so that recycling is easy - example why dont city waste colletions wont pickup car batteries - these are almost 100% recyclable. Why do they take steel/metal again these are recyclable.

Reduce packaging; I mean have you ever tried to open one of those indestructible plastic shells that cover hard tools and electroics.

Finally all product design must include a disposal plan. For exaample a Tv should be desined so the platics can be easy separted from the metal; the heavy metals from the wires and glass. That way it will more economical to recycle.

City should allow "junk men" to pickup metals and other itmes off the curb. Many will ticket you for this.



3. Industrial Revolution. NO thought at all given to pollution. Steel mills of Cleveland and Pittsubugh spewed soot and gaes with not concern. Oli Companies; mining companies used toxic materials in theri processing and did not have to control them; just dumped them into rivers.



5. data collection