Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?

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

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Which human activity would most likely USE MORE nonrenewable resources?

• increased use of fossil fuels

• Increased recycling by humans

• governmental restriction of industrial pollution

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Many common products, such as wooden furniture, paper, and books, are made from trees. Which of the following is a likely consequence of humans cutting down a forest in order to make use of the natural resources there?

• the decrease of chemical runoff into the oceans

• increased acid rain

• the destruction of habitats

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Human activities are increasing the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• True

• False

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The sum of all living matter on Earth.

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

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The process of a species disappearing forever.

• Pollution

• Resource

• Contaminant

• Extinction

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Resources that exist in the environment without human intervention.

• National Resources

• Natural Resources

• Common Resources

• Public Resources

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All of the living and nonliving factors in an area.

• Population

• Earth

• Government

• Environment

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Average per person

• Per million

• Per capital

• Per capita

• Per coffee

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____________ is the number of different species of plants and animals in an area.

• Per capita

• Address

• Biology

• Biodiversity

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