Human impacts on the environment

Which statement about the effects of natural events and human activities is true?

• The environment is not usually affected by natural events.

• All human activities change the environment in a negative way.

• Natural events always have a positive impact on the environment.

• Human activities and natural events can damage the environment.

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Any amount of CO₂ (Carbon Dioxide) in the atmosphere is bad for our planet.

• True
• False

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The impact on the planet due to global warming is called...

• climate change
• the seasons
• the weather
• natural change

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Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide CO₂
• Methane CH₄
• Water vapor
• Nitrogen N₂

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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 of these is one cause of deforestation?

• Urbanisation

• Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays

• Overbreeding birds in the wild

• Cutting down the tree in your backyard

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Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

• true

• false

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Deforestation has an affect on the water cycle

• true
• false

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what is the leading cause of deforestation?

• Diseases 
• Housing market
• Agriculture and Farming
• Paper mill

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What are the effects of deforestation ?

• loss of habitat
• increased green house gasses 
• soil erosion and flooding
• all of the above

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