Human impact on the environment

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Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources? Options: deforestation, removing carnivores from a forest, recycling, heating homes with fossil fuels

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recycling

Front

Why is water considered such a precious resource despite covering 75% of Earth's surface?

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Only a small fraction of the Earth's water is freshwater available for drinking and irrigation.

Front

What are renewable resources?

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Resources that can replenish themselves over time

Front

What often causes air pollution?

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Burning fossil fuels

Front

BIOdiversity means a variety of . . .

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Life

Front

Deforestation

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removing the forest

Front

Roots holding soil: biosphere, geosphere, hydrosphere, atmosphere

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biosphere, geosphere

Front

There is nothing we can do to stop water pollution.

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False

Front

Most water pollution is the result of

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human activities.

Front

The place where an organism naturally lives and grows.

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Natural habitat