Consider some of the ideas that are presented as obvious & absolute in the media: is corporate investment
always a good thing? create a t-chart listing benefits & harmful effects of investment.

corporate investment is not always the best thing to do for the government yes but for the people no!

cons:
more expensive things
less pay for the people
more hours
more people getting hurt

pros:
more money
bigger profit
more facilities

In a 2010 article “fact check: eastern u.s. earthquake risk” by chris mould, the author provides as evidence the following statement by the united states geological survey: “although earthquakes may be less frequent in the eastern u.s., … urban areas in the east could face bigger losses because the shaking would affect much larger areas than similar quakes in the west. in addition, most homes and buildings in the east are not designed to withstand earthquakes.”this statement directly relates to which of the following concepts? a. vulnerabilityb. hazardc. riskd. severity

If we represent the solar system on a scale that allows us to walk from the sun to pluto in a few minutes, then a) the planets are microscopic and the stars are millions of miles away. b) the planets are the size of basketballs and the nearest stars are a few miles away. c) the planets are marble size or smaller and the nearest stars are thousands of miles away.

Landmasses on a flat map look distorted because