Human Impact

An office decided to help the environment by using less paper. How will this most likely benefit the environment? 

• It will help increase the biodiversity
• It will help conserve forests and save energy 
• It will help protect soil
• It will help reduce acid rain

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Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?

• Carbon dioxide
• Water vapor
• Methane
• Nitric oxides

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Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in ______________.

• groundwater
• streams and rivers
• oceans
• All of these choices

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The ozone layer protects us from

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

The ozone layer is damaged by

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

Global warming is due to 

• Greenhouse gases
• Nitric and sulfuric acids
• CFCs
• Ozone depletion

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Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?

• Carbon dioxide
• Water vapor
• Methane
• Nitric oxides

What are some consequences of deforestation?

• increased population in cities
• building of more infrastructure
• soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, loss of ability to remove CO2
• more mercury and cyanide released into rivers

What is one way that humans can lessen their ecological footprint?

• Recycle
• Eat more meat
• Drive large vehicles
• Increase agricultural area

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Which of the following is a renewable resource?

• coal
• solar energy
• natural gas
• oil