Human Impact on the Environment Quiz

Which term identifies the largest number of individuals of a given species that Earth's resources can support and maintain for long period of time?

• population

• environment

• carrying capacity

• habitat

All the oak trees in a park belong to the same

• population

• carrying capacity

• habitat resource group

• fertilizers

What kind of resources are fossil fuels?

• renewable

• nonpolluting

• nonrenewable

• trash

The carrying capacity of the land decreases with

• a decreases in population

• an increase in population

• no change in the population

• the total elimination of a population

Mining resources can pollute soil and ____________.

• fertilizers

• water

• land

• trash

Farmers use _____________ that can pollute Earth's land and water.

• trash

• water

• cotton

• fertilizers

Mining can have a ___________________ impact on habitats when it pollutes soil and water.

• positive

• neutral

• catastrophic

• negative

The _______________________ increase in human population happened in the last few centuries.

• smallest

• greatest

Earth has a(n)____________________ amount of resources.

• limited

• unlimited

The human population is about 6.7 _________________.

• hundred

• thousand

• million

• billion