Questõesde FGV 2012 sobre Inglês

Though the Fukushima and Chernobyl regions received a similar amount of radiation, relatively more birds disappeared from the Fukushima region than disappeared from the Chernobyl region.

Sterility was more prevalent in Fukushima birds than in Chernobyl birds, even though both groups of birds were exposed to similar levels of radiation.

Though Fukushima and Chernobyl are situated in identical environments, birds in the Fukushima region are generally smaller and less healthy than are similar birds in the Chernobyl region.

Timothy Mousseau and his colleagues discovered that, in many cases, a region's environment protects animals against high levels of radiation.

Though the same types of birds were exposed to similar levels of radiation in the Fukushima and Chernobyl regions, the Fukushima birds in general remained healthier than the Chernobyl birds.

For birds, exposure to a radiation level of even 0.05 microsieverts per hour is lethal.

Exposure to the same level of radiation can affect birds of the same species in different ways.

A rural area with a temperate climate is the ideal place to study how birds respond to the negative effects of high levels of radiation.

The composition of radio-nuclides is not a factor that determines whether or not a certain level of radiation can be dangerous to birds.

It is clear that certain species of birds in the Fukushima and Chernobyl regions have died out because of evolutionary factors and not because of exposure to radiation.

Various poorly planned European efforts to rescue Spain's economy have only made the situation worse.

Spain's economic problems are in fact much less serious than those in the other European countries.

Despite the problems that Spain is facing, some factors indicate that there is hope for the country's economic future.

The pessimism surrounding Spain's economic situation is based on a certain prejudice rather than on a clear understanding of the factors involved.

Exporters have maintained their expenses at a reasonable level and so are still able to compete with other companies.

Spanish workers still earn, on average, more than workers do in other European countries.

More than 250 big Spanish companies have managed to achieve greater productivity than have similar companies in Germany, Italy, and France.

Because they invested heavily in modernization and worker training in the pre-crisis years, Spanish companies have been able to maintain high levels of profitability.

By drastically reducing their number of employees, Spanish exporters have been able to maintain high levels of profitability.

By providing an ample market for Spanish products, Germany is helping to keep Spain's export industry robust.

Exports have fallen sharply and now represent only 30 percent of Spain's Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

the economy of Spain has declined more than have the economies of Greece and Portugal.

some Spanish companies have actually benefited from the relative economic weakness of Greece and Portugal.

the current account deficits of Greece and Portugal have decreased more slowly than has the current account deficit of Spain.

The researchers worked in fewer locations in the Fukushima region than they did in the Chernobyl region.

The researchers discovered that radiation levels of 0.5 microsieverts per hour were more common in the Fukushima region than in the Chernobyl region.

The researchers discovered innocuous levels of radiation in some places in the Fukushima region but not in the Chernobyl region.

Only in the Fukushima region did the researchers try to examine how various radiation levels affect humans.

Some of the biological factors that the researchers studied in the Chernobyl region had a longer history than did similar factors studied in the Fukushima region.

Scientists still have no information on how short-term exposure and long-term exposure to high levels of radiation affect living things.

Scientists now believe that climate plays an important role in determining how animals react to long-term exposure to high levels of radiation.

In studying the effects of high levels of radiation, Timothy Mousseau and his colleagues spent more time in the Fukushima region than they did in the Chernobyl region.

In July 2011, Timothy Mousseau and his colleagues went to the Fukushima and Chernobyl regions to discover why radiation levels were so high in both places.

Occasional brief exposure to a radiation level of 0.05 microsieverts is probably not harmful to most humans.

An increase in levels of radiation is apparently accompanied by a decrease in the number of birds.

Equal levels of radiation around Fukushima and Chernobyl were accompanied, at each site, by the disappearance of an equal number of birds.

Research shows that a radiation level of 35 microsieverts per hour is three times more deadly than a level of 0.5 microsieverts per hour.

The researchers discovered that no level of radiation can be considered completely safe.

Various bird species living near Fukushima and Chernobyl were unaffected by high levels of radiation.

gain a better understanding of how long periods of intense radiation act upon the various forms of life in a given geographical area.

investigate why the survival rate of birds in both regions is apparently higher than that of other animals.

Both sites are located within ecosystems that share enough similarities to justify scientific comparison.

Exposure to natural and nuclear disasters quickly killed all life within a large radius of both sites.

Within the ecosystems surrounding both sites, scientists found some birds that appeared to be relatively unaffected by high levels of radiation.

Disasters at both sites were given the same score on the International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale.