Introduction to: Human Impact on the Environment

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Humans depend on Earth's environment for: Shelter, Food, Water, Air

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All of these options

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Humans are the only species on Earth that have the ability to:

• Adapt to different climates
• Use tools
• Understand, manipulate and damage Earth's ecosystems
• Modify the environment

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Understand, manipulate and damage Earth's ecosystems

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What is Environmental Science the study of?

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The interaction between humans and the environment

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Human activities that affect Planet Earth are: Industrialization, Agriculture, Urbanization, Hunting and Gathering.

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All of these options

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How did early humans obtain food?

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Hunting and gathering

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What makes modern landfills more environmentally friendly than old garbage dumps?

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The liner system that runs on the bottom and up the sides of the landfill.

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What happened around the 1800's that caused a population explosion? Options: Landfills were created, The Industrial Revolution, The invention of electricity, The invention of cars

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The Industrial Revolution

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Early humans quickly learned to distinguish between plants that were suitable as ________, and which plants had ________.

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food, poisonous characteristics

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By the end of the last ice age, humans had begun the practice of ________. Options: hunting and gathering, agriculture, nomadic herding, industrial production

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agriculture

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The development of agriculture created a ________ supply of food. As a result, humans began to settle in ________.

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surplus, permanent settlements