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What caused the landscape to become desolate according to the father?
What caused the landscape to become desolate according to the father?
- Lack of recycling efforts
- Excessive mining of oil and plastics
- Overfishing in the oceans
- Intensive farming for palm oil (correct)
What was the main factor contributing to the toxicity of the oceans?
What was the main factor contributing to the toxicity of the oceans?
- Oil spillages from mining operations
- Intensive fishing practices
- Toxic waste dumped by humans
- Excessive use of plastics (correct)
What did the father say was a common factor contributing to the destruction of the environment?
What did the father say was a common factor contributing to the destruction of the environment?
- Chopping down forests for palm oil (correct)
- Toxic waste from oil refineries
- Recycling efforts being minimized
- Excessive industrial fishing
What did humans primarily extract from the ground, leading to environmental destruction?
What did humans primarily extract from the ground, leading to environmental destruction?
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What led to the need for more trees to be cut down, as mentioned by the father?
What led to the need for more trees to be cut down, as mentioned by the father?
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What did the marks in the area come from?
What did the marks in the area come from?
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Why didn't the old man stop the diggers and trucks from causing damage?
Why didn't the old man stop the diggers and trucks from causing damage?
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What kind of creatures lived in the area in the past?
What kind of creatures lived in the area in the past?
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What did people do despite the disappearing islands and melting ice in polar regions?
What did people do despite the disappearing islands and melting ice in polar regions?
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What did the old man advise his son to do for a new future for Earth?
What did the old man advise his son to do for a new future for Earth?
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