Human Impact - Global Warming

1. What are renewable resources?

• . Resources that are used faster than they form

• resources that can replenish themselves over time

• resources that formed over millions of years

• resources that exist only in rural areas

1. What would Earth be like without the greenhouse effect?

• The same temperature

• a little cooler than it is now

• . Too cold to live

• a little warmer than it is now

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1. Why has Earth's human carrying capacity increased greatly?

• Other organisms have been displaced by agriculture, so there is more space for humans.

• Humans have modified their environment due to technological advances.

• Humans can live closer together than other animals

• Humans are now eating fewer plants than they used to.

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1. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

• coal

• wind energy

• solar energy

• water

1. What factor does not determine the size of an individual's ecological footprint?

• amount and efficiency of resource use

• amount of waste produced

• size of population

• toxicity of waste produced

What is global warming

• the normal temperature fluctuations of Earth's climate cycle

• the melting of the polar ice caps

• the trend of increasing temperatures on Earth

• the changes in Earth's biosphere that affect the atmosphere

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1. What is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity on Earth?

• habitat destruction

• loss of drinking water

• decrease in food supply

• pollution

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1. Why might an introduced animal species overrun native species in an ecosystem?

• . Its population size is smaller than those of native species.

• . It is more energy efficient, so it eats less food.

• It is a predator of the native species.

• It often has no natural enemies

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What is greenhouse effect?

• warm atmosphere around Earth caused by trapped sun's radiation

• absorbs and emits radiant energy from the sun

• increased carbon in the Earth's atmosphere

• increasing Earth's temperature

Which strategy reduces the amount of carbon dioxide generated by power plants?

• removing sulfur from coal

• stop generating electricity

• capture carbon dioxide emission

• reduce the amount of natural gas in generating energy