Environmental impacts

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What are the levels at which human-induced environmental changes can affect living things?

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Organisms, populations, and species.

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What are the effects of deforestation?

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Plants and animals, our biosphere, humans, and all of the above.

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True or False: Bromine and Chlorine are major contributors to ozone layer destruction.

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True.

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What 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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What are the effects of environmental change on an entire species?

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Extinction and change in species competition.

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Define environmental impact.

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The effect that human activities have on the natural environment.

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What is biodiversity?

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The variety of life in the world or in a particular habitat or ecosystem.

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What is the greenhouse effect?

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The warming of Earth’s surface due to the trapping of heat by greenhouse gases.

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What are invasive species?

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Species that are nonnative to a specific location and whose introduction causes harm to the environment, economy, or human health.

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What is habitat destruction?

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The process in which natural habitat is rendered unable to support the species present.