Geology 140 - Environmental Geology
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Risk: Response Paper

Reading:

How Americans Are Living Dangerously from Time Magazine

Question to Ponder:

Write a paragraph or two addressing the question.

The article describes a variety of reasons why people do not accurately recognize te risks of certain activities.

Pick out three reasons. For each reason:

• cite an example from the article and explain how it illustrate the reason
• come up with a new example from your personal experience
• Justify why your example is a good example of that specific reason