Global Concerns

The ozone layer is damaged by

• CFCs
• Increase in greenhouse gases
• Increased global temperatures
• Sulfuric and nitric acids

The ozone layer protects us from

• UV rays
• CFCs
• Increased atmospheric heat
• Decreased atmospheric heat

4. Air pollution can be moved around by wind from place to place.

• True
• False

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What causes Global Warming?

• The Warming of the Earth
• Carbon Dioxide being released
• All of the above
• People

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Loss of sea ice by melting in the Arctic Ocean _____________.

• will result in cooler temperatures in the Arctic
• will result in sea-levels rising
• Will have no effect on ecosystems
• None of the above

An introduced plant species that occurs in locations beyond its known historical natural range is a ___________.

• Non-Native Plant
• Native Plant
• Indigenous
• Weed

How do invasive plants damage the environment?

• Compete with native species
• Change plant community
• Alter diversity
• All of these

A species that is NOT native to a particular region is called

• natural
• invasive
• endemic
• extraordinary

What is a habitat?

• It is an artificial area where wildlife lives.
• It is a protected region created by people to save wildlife.
• It is any natural region where wildlife lives undisturbed.

Habitat destruction

• The loss of a natural habitat.
• A consumer that obtains energy by eating plants.

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