environment and climate change

The environment includes…

• Soil, water

• Air

• Plants

• All answers are correct

An organism that makes a home for itself in a new place is called a(an)

• Endangered species

• Strange species

• New species

• Exotic species

An example of habitat destruction is

• Planting trees

• Clearing a tropical rainforest

• Cleaning up spills

• Preventing nonpoint- source pollution

Advances in medicine and in farming have increased

• Human population growth

• Renewable resources

• Biodiversity

• Exotic species

Too many organisms in one area for the resources available

• Biodiversity

• Pollution

• Overpopulation

• Renewable resource

An unwanted change in the environment that is caused by substances or forms of energy

• Renewable resource

• Pollution

• Nonrenewable resource

• Point-source pollutant

Hazardous waste includes waste that can

• Catch fire

• Make people sick

• Explode

• All of the answers are correct

Which of the following can cause pollution?

• Noise

• Garbage

• Chemicals

• All of the answers are correct

Pollution

• Does not affect humans

• Makes humans sick only after many years

• Can make humans sick

• None of the answers are correct

What is the preservation and wise use of natural resources called?

• Conservation

• Ecology

• Habits

• Biodiversity