Human Impact on the Environment Review

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A large power plant burns coal to generate electricity for nearby homes and businesses. This contributes most directly to which short-term human-induced environmental change? Options: habitat destruction, eutrophication, global warming, wildlife hazard.

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global warming

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Headings to complete Leon's study chart about human-induced changes to the environment: X: ______, Y: ______

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X: Pollution, Y: Habitat Destruction

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Which label belongs in the area marked Y? (Ariel drew a diagram to compare two human-induced environmental changes.)

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Introduces substances into an environment

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Which situation is an example of nonnative species introduction?

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Water hyacinths from Asia now grow in the United States and are crowding out animals and other plants.

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A lake is drained and filled in order to make room for a new housing development. This is an example of _____________________________.

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habitat destruction

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Order of events leading to species disappearance: increase in human population, increase in short-term human-induced changes, ozone layer destruction; increase in short-term human-induced changes, increase in human population, ozone layer destruction; increase in human population, increase in short-term human-induced changes, mass extinction; increase in short-term human-induced changes, increase in human population, mass extinction.

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increase in human population, increase in short-term human-induced changes, mass extinction

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Human-induced environmental changes can affect living things at which level(s)?

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organisms, populations, and species

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Which organisms have been negatively affected at the species level due to human-induced environmental changes? Options: zebra mussels and kudzu, kudzu and dodo birds, zebra mussels and Caribbean monk seals, Caribbean monk seals and dodo birds

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Caribbean monk seals and dodo birds

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How does deforestation affect organisms?

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It increases the amount of carbon dioxide in the air, enhancing global warming.

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Which situation is an example of a human-induced environmental change affecting a population?

• Blue jays no longer live in a forest because the trees in the forest were cut down.
• A volcanic eruption killed grasses that were growing within a few miles of the volcano.
• Floods from a storm forced many white-tailed deer to move to a new habitat.
• A fisher caught a few different species of fish that live in an ocean habitat.

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Blue jays no longer live in a forest because the trees in the forest were cut down.

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