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Which are negative impacts that the internal combustion engine has had on society?

A
high power and health problems
B
noise pollution and health problems
C
efficient travel and noise pollution
D
efficient travel and high power
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Which scientific information most likely lead to school districts requiring vaccines?

A
Some required vaccines have side effects.
B
Some people prefer not to vaccinate their children.
C
Vaccines prevent diseases and can improve a school’s safety.
D
Vaccines were invented by Edward Jenner to treat smallpox.
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Prior to the eighteenth century, doctors believed that a person suffering from a chronic illness had an imbalance of body fluids. As a result, they would remove some of the patient’s blood to even out the fluids in a process called bloodletting.

A
Bloodletting was proven to prevent illnesses and is widely used now.
B
Bloodletting was shown to be unhelpful and was discontinued.
C
Doctors used to believe that bloodletting was helpful.
D
Doctors continue to do much research on bloodletting.
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Which statement about DDT best shows how science has been impacted by society?

A
DDT led to insect resistance.
B
DDT was considered harmful and was replaced by other pesticides.
C
DDT was the first modern insecticide.
D
DDT was used in WWII to control malaria and typhus.
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CFCs were chemicals commonly used in refrigeration and as propellants in aerosol cans. In 1974, a research study discovered that CFCs were leading to a dangerous hole in the ozone layer. By the late 1980s most CFCs were banned as a result of the research.

A
CFCs were commonly used in refrigeration.
B
CFCs were replaced with other products.
C
CFCs were causing a large hole in the ozone layer.
D
CFCs were the focus of a research study.
8

The EPA is trying to decide whether or not to ban a certain chemical that has been associated with acid rain. What would be the most helpful in their decision-making process?

A
polls on whether people like the chemical
B
scientific information about the chemical and its effects
C
scientific information about the general effects of pollution
D
polls on people’s opinions of acid rain
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How might society have been most likely impacted if Nikola Tesla, the inventor of AC technology, had not become a scientist?

A
DDT might have never been used.
B
People’s homes might not have been built with electricity.
C
Polio might have made thousands of people sick.
D
Plastics might not have been invented.

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