A Local Developer Starts a Project to Build a House

question 99

Multiple Choice

A local developer starts a project to build a house in a natural field.He bulldozes the topsoil to the edge and digs a hole for the basement.Due to financial problems,he abandons the project leaving a 1000-square-meter patch of bare land.What effect does this land conversion have on atmospheric carbon dioxide?

• A) 30 more grams of carbon dioxide will be removed from the atmosphere per year.
• B) 30,000 more grams of carbon dioxide will be removed from the atmosphere per year.
• C) 30 fewer grams of carbon dioxide will be removed from the atmosphere per year.
• D) 30,000 fewer grams of carbon dioxide will be removed from the atmosphere per year.
• E) 30,000 more grams of carbon dioxide will be released into the atmosphere per year.

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Definitions:

Kinship

A network of relatives into which individuals are born and married, and with whom they cooperate based on customarily prescribed rights and obligations.

Jirgas

Traditional assemblies of leaders in some Pashtun and Baloch communities used for decision-making and resolution of disputes.

Tribal Leaders

Individuals who hold a position of authority or leadership within a tribe, often responsible for decision making and governance.

Pashtun

An ethnic group native to Afghanistan and Pakistan, known for their traditional code of conduct called Pashtunwali.