Human impact on the environment

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Which type of pollution is shown in the image below?
Options: Air pollution, Water pollution, Acid precipitation, Global warming

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Air pollution

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What causes resource exploitation?

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Human needs for goods

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Which type of human impact is shown in the picture below?
Options: Desertification, Deforestation, Urban sprawl, Land pollution

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Deforestation

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Which of the following is one way that we can preserve water resources?

• Leave the water running while you are washing dishes or brushing your teeth
• Only do laundry on certain days even if you don’t have full loads
• Take shorter showers
• Set your irrigation systems on timers so they only water at certain times, rain or shine

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Take shorter showers

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Air pollution is caused by many different activities. Air pollution can affect human health and the health of other living things. Which of these choices gives the best description of air pollution?

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The contamination of the atmosphere by pollutants from human and natural sources

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Is wind power renewable?

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true

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What are some reasons deforestation occurs?

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Clearing land for agriculture, ranching, and mining

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Melting land ice...

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Causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.

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What is a natural resource?

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Resources we get from nature

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Increased industrialization will most likely

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Decrease available habitats