Human Impact

Which of the following will lead to fewer deaths of large numbers of animals in an area?

• People building homes in a smaller area.

• People taking the land to build new houses, causing the animals to lose space to live and find food.

• People removing too many nutrients and resources from the land, causing the animals not to have any food.

• People polluting the land, causing the animals to get sick.

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How have human activities influenced the spread of invasive species?

• Human actions are causing the spread of invasive species to new ecosystems.

• Invasive species are more controlled due to human actions.

• The spread of invasive species is unrelated to human actions.

• Invasive species are experiencing high extinction rates due to human actions.

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Which human activity has a positive impact on ocean fish populations?

• Allowing trash dumping into the oceans.

• Improved technology for catching fish.

• Allowing fishermen to catch as many fish as possible.

• Decreasing the amount of pollution that enters the oceans.

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Which of the following is a major way that humans have made water habitats less livable for animals?

• Removed habitats to build human settlements.

• Altered habitats to create parkland.

• Introduced pollutants like fertilizers.

• Increased soil erosion.

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Which statement about human impacts on other living things is TRUE?

• Human activity mostly impacts animal species, but not plants.

• The number of endangered and extinct species is increasing because of human activity.

• The number of species that are going extinct because of human activity is balanced out by new species being formed.

• Human activity has only had a small impact on other species compared to natural causes.

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Invasive species are animals that...

• take over a new habitat.

• destroy human homes.

• leave habitats.

• destroy their own habitat.

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Which of the following statements is FALSE?

• Untreated sewage creates pollution because it spreads human waste.

• Two sources of pollution from farming are animal waste and fertilizer.

• Mining makes the earth cleaner because it removes metals from the ground.

• Chemical plants are a big source of water pollution.

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Which of these human actions is MOST harmful to a lake ecosystem?

• Making rules to limit the amount of fishing in the lake.

• Allowing pollution to enter the lake from nearby farms.

• Making rules to limit the speed of boats on the lake.

• Researching plants and animals that live in the lake.

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Which of the following human activities causes loss of soil?

• Planting cover crops to hold soil in place.

• Moving grazing animals from field to field.

• Leaving soil exposed to wind and rain.

• Replanting forests.

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Which farming practice protects soil?

• Irrigating

• Fertilizing

• Tilling.

• Terracing