Human Impact on the Environment

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Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?

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recycling

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Increased industrialization will most likely

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decrease available habitats

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Which human activity is correctly paired with its likely future consequence?

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use of fossil fuels — depletion of underground coal, oil, and natural gas supplies

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Albert wants to practice conservation by reducing, reusing, and recycling resources. How can he best reduce the resources he currently consumes? Options: Use paper grocery bags as gift wrap, Ride a bike to work instead of taking his car, Subscribe to a daily rather than a weekly newspaper, Use an organic rather than synthetic fertilizer in his garden.

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Ride a bike to work instead of taking his car

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What causes smog?

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The interaction of sunlight with pollutants produced by fossil fuels.

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What are renewable resources?

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Resources that can replenish themselves over time

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Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?

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recycling

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What would most likely affect the acidity of a local stream?

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a new source of air pollution 

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What are renewable resources?

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Resources that can replenish themselves over time

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According to the graph, what material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash?

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paper