Environmental Conservation

Who is known for having worked hard all his life to preserve natural places?

• Thomas Eddison

• Robert T. Bakker

• John Muir

What is one main reasons many plants and animals are endangered?

• disease

• deforestation

• tourist

In the 1970s, the United States introduced the _________________________ which calls for a recovery plan to be created for each endangered species.

• National Environmental Policy Act

• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

• Clean Water Act

• Endangered Species Act

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

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what is the leading cause of deforestation?

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

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Does deforestation contribute to global warming?

• No, trees aren't that important
• Sometimes because only the cutting down of Maple trees contributes to global warming
• No, deforestation adds methane to the atmosphere, which makes the Earth cooler
• Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.

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Which one of these does not add CO2 to the atmosphere?

• cooking with gas
• planting trees
• burning wood
• riding in a bus

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Why is the increase of Greenhouse gasses a big issue?

• It causes climate change and increase in the global temerature 
• It can lead to a major increase in Greenhouses 
• It leads to more factories
• It causes a major decrease in people

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Why does cutting down trees increase global warming?

• trees soak up carbon dioxide
• trees provide shade which counteracts global warming
• trees absorbs the sun's energy without radiating back into the atmosphere
• trees drain greenhouse gases like methane from soil

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What is a carbon sink?

• Something that adds to the atmosphere.

• Something that removes carbon from the atmosphere.

• Something that adds carbon to the earth's crust.

• Something that removes carbon from the earth's crust.

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