Question

Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.

Answer 1

The lines that support the title of the chapter are given below:

1. The earth’s vital signs reveal a patient in declining health.
2. Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts, impoverished landscapes and ailing environment?
3. …… the environment has deteriorated so badly that it is ‘critical’ in many of the eighty- eight countries investigated.