Skimming and Scanning Scanning means knowing what information you need to find before you read. You have something in your mind‚ your eyes‚ then‚ move quickly to find that particular information. You scan when you are looking for a fact or a detail or a particular vocabulary word. When you are scanning‚ you don’t have to read every word to answer the questions and don’t have understand every word Skimming means reading quickly for general meaning. You skim reading material to find out about
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READING III Week 3 SKIMMING‚ SCANNING & READING FOR DETAILS As a student‚ you are assigned a lot of reading. Sometimes it is important to read slowly and carefully. Other times‚ you are just trying to find specific information. Skimming and scanning are skills that help you both of these types of reading. SKIMMING – Getting the gist Skimming is a fast reading to get the general idea of the text. Different techniques for skimming include: a. Running your eyes over the text to get the
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What is Environmental Psychology Roxanna L. Baker Psychology/460 January 30‚ 2012 Francis Uzonwanne What is Environmental Psychology? What does the environment have to do with psychology? What is environmental psychology in general? What is the main purpose for environmental Psychology? These are three questions in which need answers. There are various definitions on environmental psychology‚ however they all come down to this: environmental psychology is typically the
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What is an Environmental Audit Environmental auditing is a systematic‚ documented‚ periodic and objective process in assessing an organization ’s activities and services in relation to: • Assessing compliance with relevant statutory and internal requirements • Facilitating management control of environmental practices • Promoting good environmental management • Maintaining credibility with the public • Raising staff awareness and enforcing commitment to departmental environmental
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Racism does not only exist in some of the most obvious ways‚ such as the killings of unarmed Black men‚ but also in ways not many people discuss. Environmental inequities in America give rise to what is considered “environmental racism.” In particular‚ the term environmental racism associates racism with environmental situations. In a general sense‚ environmental racism is the idea that actions‚ policies‚ and decisions about the environment result in racial discrimination or disparities. Therefore‚ marginalized
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Environmental racism is something that impact people lives in a major way. where you live at can impact you in ways that you can’t imagine‚ and it’s not fair that certain people should have to deal with environmental racism because of where they live or how much money they have. The article states “ garbage transfer stations nobody wanted to live near the predominantly black harlem”. Things like garbage clumps and toxic waste sites tend to be located in black and hispanic areas like clewiston. Environmental
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September 2010 What is the Purpose of War? War is used as a method for feuding countries as a way of solving conflict‚ when in reality‚ that is not the solution to a problem at all. War can be described as the waging of armed conflict against an enemy‚ an act to fight for what is right‚ or a harmful way of getting what one desires. We may not know what exactly war is but we do know its purpose. Every war is not the same‚ neither are its purposes. Wars have numerous purposes‚ from maintaining
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businesses‚ other hobbies‚ etc.) and identify two or three examples of products or services that provide the same abstract benefits (NOT the same functions or features‚ unless they are the same by coincidence). 7. Think about these products or services and how they are used in their own contexts‚ and then describe how a designer might provide the same benefits in your chosen product or service. When I say describe‚ I mean tell me what ideas occur to you that could suggest a design approach that
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Environmental justice is when all people‚ no discrimination‚ have meaningful involvement with physical environmental benefits and burdens‚ equal protection from environmental hazards‚ and decisions that affect environmental health. It also includes the fair treatment. This means no one group holds the most negative consequences from industrial‚ commercial‚ and government operations. Some examples of environmental justice issues are unequal sitting of landfills‚ disparate risks in safe food consumption
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Even though racism is and has always been an issue‚ we don’t often think about all the ways it can affect people of color. One example of this is environmental justice and racism‚ this is where corporations dump environmentally hazardous or degraded elements‚ such as toxic waste‚ pollution and urban decay near low-income or minority communities (Environmental Racism 2012‚ 1). It’s another unjust way African Americans have been and still continue to be treated. Many families have grown up in danger
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