Human Impact on the Environment

Refers to the increasing changes in the measures of climate over a long period of time - including precipitation, temperature, and wind patterns.

• climate change

• deforestation

• global warming

• invasive species

Affects other species as it results in the increase of human need for earth's natural resources - food, water, the materials for shelter, etc.

• global warming

• pollution

• human growth population

• none of the above

Occurs when enough change (building cities, homes, roads, and highways) has happened to an area that it can no longer support the natural wildlife.

• invasive species

• habitat loss

• global warming

• all of the above

Occurs when pollutants (particles, chemicals or substances that make water contaminated) are discharged directly or indirectly into water bodies without enough treatment to get rid of harmful compounds.

• water pollution

• air pollution

• deforestation

• global warming

An organism (plant, animal, fungus, or bacterium) that is not native and has a negative effect on an ecosystem.

• deforestation

• climate change

• global warming

• invasive species

A process that causes the average temperature on Earth to warm up or increase

• habitat loss

• climate change

• global warming

• none of the above

The clearing, or cutting down, of forests and is one of the biggest reasons for global warming.

• habitat loss

• deforestation

• water pollution

• air pollution

Occurs when gases, dust, smoke, or odor get into the air and make it unclean which causes it to be unsafe for humans, animals, and plants to live with.

• invasive species

• habitat loss

• human population growth

• air pollution

Climate change

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• all of the above