The First People to Work Toward Preserving Nature and the Environment

question 31

Multiple Choice

The first people to work toward preserving nature and the environment were

• A) typically members of the upper classes from cities and medium-size towns.
• B) Native Americans.
• C) primarily women.
• D) immigrants from Japan and China.
• E) cattle ranchers in the Dakotas.

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Definitions:

Proximal Convoluted Tubule

A segment of the nephron in the kidney where a major portion of the reabsorption of water, ions, and all organic nutrients occurs.

Bowman Capsule

A cup-like sac at the beginning of the tubular component of a nephron in the kidney that performs the first step in the filtration of blood to form urine.

Loop of Henle

A segment of the nephron in the kidney crucial for concentrating urine and conserving water.

Afferent Arteriole

The small artery that carries blood toward the capillaries in the glomerulus of the kidney.