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Compelling Questions and Contemporary Issues — Test

Question 15 • Principles of American Democracy

Why do people protest fracking? Choose four correct answers.

Answer
A
It can make gas reserves harder to reach.
B
It can increase climate change.
C
It can decrease oil production.
D
It can pollute the air.
E
It can cause injection-induced earthquakes.
F
It can pollute wells.

Explanation

People protest fracking because it can contribute to climate change through greenhouse-gas emissions, pollute the air, trigger earthquakes when wastewater is injected underground, and contaminate wells. These concerns match choices B, D, E, and F. Fracking is used to reach oil and gas, so it does not make gas reserves harder to reach or necessarily decrease oil production.

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