What are some consequences of deforestation?

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

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

• overfishing in the Atlantic — increase in supply of flounder and salmon as food for people 
• development of electric cars or hybrid vehicles — increased rate of global warming 
• use of fossil fuels — depletion of underground coal, oil, and natural gas supplies 
• genetically engineering animals — less food available to feed the world’s population

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What are renewable resources?

• Resources that are used faster than they form
• a.       Resources that can replenish themselves over time
• a.       Resources that exist only in urban areas
• Resources that exist only in rural areas

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How could you save natural resources?

• leave your bedroom lights on
• use fertilizer in your yard
• take a bus or the subway
• become a vegetarian

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Which of the following is NOT a way that water is affected by the mining of resources from land.

• Contaminants leach into the underground water (aquifers).
• Mines divert water to another river to keep it from getting dirty.
• All of these are ways mining affects aquatic ecosystems.
• Runoff from mine areas end up in the nearest body of water.

Which of the following is the correct composition of Earth's atmosphere?

• 78% oxygen, 21% nitrogen, 1% other
• 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, 1% other
• 50 % oxygen, 50% nitrogen
• 75% oxygen, 25% nitrogen

What method is used by farmers to replenish soil nutrients taken by growing crops?

• contour plowing
• wind breaks
• minimum tilling
• crop rotation

Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?

• deforestation
• removing carnivores from a forest 
• recycling
• heating homes with fossil fuels  

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Increased industrialization will most likely

• decrease available habitats 
• increase environmental carrying capacity 
• increase the stability of ecosystems 
• decrease global warming

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Which human activity would most likely deplete nonrenewable resources?

• use of natural enemies to eliminate insect pests
• development of wildlife refuges 
• governmental restriction of industrial pollution 
• increased use of fossil fuels

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