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Table 2. Student responses regarding environmental
problems at the local, national, and global scales. |
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Environmental Problems for Mobile |
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Environmental Problems for the
U.S.A. |
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Environmental Problems for the World |
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Pollution* (Air, water, land) |
59 |
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Pollution* (Air, Water, Land) |
78 |
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Pollution* (Air, water, land) |
58 |
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Pollution** (Mobile Bay, Dog River,
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28 |
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Pollution*** (Cars) |
18 |
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Greenhouse Effect/Carbon Dioxide |
30 |
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Sewage System/Sewage/Spills |
17 |
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Greenhouse Effect/Carbon Dioxide |
10 |
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Ozone Layer/Depletion |
13 |
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Litter/Trash/Garbage (in rivers,
etc) |
14 |
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Litter/Trash/Garbage |
10 |
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Deforestation |
12 |
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Industrial Pollution |
14 |
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Industrial Pollution |
9 |
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People (overpopulation) |
12 |
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Pollution*** (Cars) |
8 |
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Deforestation |
8 |
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Destruction of Tropical Rainforest |
7 |
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Industry (incl. Chem. Plants,
factories) |
7 |
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Ozone Layer/Depletion |
6 |
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People (attitudes/irresponsibility) |
7 |
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Ignorance (in general) |
7 |
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Ignorance |
5 |
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Litter/Trash/Garbage |
6 |
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Water (in general) |
6 |
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People (attitudes/irresponsibility) |
5 |
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Ignorance |
6 |
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People (in general) |
4 |
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Emissions (in general) |
4 |
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People (in general) |
4 |
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Mercury/Heavy Metals |
4 |
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Overuse of Natural Resources |
4 |
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Pollution** (cars) |
4 |
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Drinking Water |
2 |
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Pollution** (Big Cities) |
3 |
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Overuse of Natural Resources |
4 |
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Ignorance (elected officials) |
2 |
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Pres. George Bush |
3 |
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Oil |
4 |
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Inconvenient Recycling |
2 |
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Industry (in general) |
3 |
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Toxic Waste/Nuclear Waste |
3 |
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The Causeway |
2 |
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People (in general) |
3 |
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War |
3 |
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People (attitudes) |
2 |
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Logging |
3 |
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Industry (in general) |
3 |
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Factories |
1 |
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Acid Rain |
2 |
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Food Supply |
3 |
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Clean Streets |
1 |
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Emissions (industrial) |
2 |
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Terrorism |
3 |
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Pres. George Bush |
1 |
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Lack of Environmental/Conservation
Efforts |
2 |
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Industrial Pollution |
3 |
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Metro Transit |
1 |
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Mercury/Heavy Metals |
2 |
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Pres. George Bush |
2 |
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Excess Construction/Expansion |
1 |
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Toxic Waste/Nuclear Waste |
2 |
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Environmentalists/Activists |
2 |
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Rainfall |
1 |
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Oil
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2 |
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Shortage of Drinking Water |
2 |
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Sediment Deposition into Mobile Bay |
1 |
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Three Mile Island |
2 |
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Use of Fossil Fuels |
2 |
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Businesses |
1 |
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Encroachment on Wilderness/ |
2 |
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Lack of Environmental/ |
2 |
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Emissions (in general) |
1 |
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Loss of Natural Resources |
2 |
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United States of America |
2 |
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Industry/Corporate Attitudes |
1 |
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U.S. Presidents (in general) |
1 |
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Industrialization |
2 |
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Acid Rain |
1 |
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Wetlands Destruction |
1 |
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Polar Icecap Melting |
2 |
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Greenhouse Effect |
1 |
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Landfills |
1 |
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Conservation (Trees, water) |
1 |
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Deforestation |
1 |
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Reliance on Automobiles |
1 |
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Wetlands Destruction |
1 |
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Landfills |
1 |
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Industry/Corporate Attitudes |
1 |
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Not committed to technological
advances |
1 |
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Wetlands Destruction |
1 |
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Hydrology (Florida/Great Plains) |
1 |
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Urbanization |
1 |
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Prichard Sewer System |
1 |
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Oil Shortage |
1 |
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Desertification |
1 |
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Mardi Gras |
1 |
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Use of Fossil Fuels |
1 |
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Resource Shortages in 3rd World
Countries |
1 |
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Potential Industrial Accident |
1 |
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Destruction of Tropical Rainforest |
1 |
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France |
1 |
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Loss of Natural Resources |
1 |
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Oil Spills |
1 |
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Disease |
1 |
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Downtown |
1 |
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Lack of Recycling Programs |
1 |
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Logging |
1 |
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Floods |
1 |
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Environmentalists |
1 |
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Poverty |
1 |
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Too Many/Numerous Problems |
1 |
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All Other Responses |
173 |
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Don't Think About It/ |
3 |
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Don't Think About It/ |
2 |
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Don't Think About It/ |
2 |
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I Don't Know |
23 |
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I Don't Know |
12 |
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I Don't Know |
16 |
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No Response |
26 |
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No Response |
31 |
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No Response |
30 |
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Improper Response |
5 |
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Improper Response |
2 |
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