How do humans impact the environment?

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environmental monitoring

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evaluating how a chemical impacts an ECOSYSTEM

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If more people plant flowers that attract butterflies in their backyards, what will happen to the butterfly population?

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The butterfly population will stabilize.

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What will be the impact on the environment if genetically-modified male mosquitoes are released, whose offspring die as larvae?

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Decrease in animals that eat adult mosquitoes

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If the bat population is declining in Central Florida, what could be a possible explanation?

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mosquito population has decreased

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What is the role of the EPA in testing water quality at the three City of Orlando wastewater plants?

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to evaluate the impact on the environment

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What would be a negative impact on the environment of cloning livestock with desirable traits?

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biodiversity of livestock would decrease

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What are the strongest benefits of switching from nonrenewable to renewable energy in the next 10 years?

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less carbon dioxide emissions into the air & oceans

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What would be a positive effect of adopting the new shrimp farming standards on the environment?

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ecosystems will stabilize

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What is an impact on the environment if we continue to use single-use plastics?

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Single-use plastics continue to pollute land & oceans

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How could the process of using petroleum-eating bacteria & fungi to clean up an oil spill positively impact the environment?

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The breakdown of the oil will keep the biodiversity of the ocean from declining.