Earth and Human Activity TN Ready Review

What is contamination of Earth's land, water, or air?

• Waste

• Pollution

• Fossil Fuels

• Nonrenewable Resources

What is a gas in the air made of carbon and oxygen atoms from burning fuels and causes greenhouse gases?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Carbon Monoxide

• Nitrogen

What is a wide variety of biological life on earth that can be affected by human activity on Earth?

• Sustainability

• Biodiversity

• Environmental Equilibrium

• Biome

•What is a natural underground water source that has a body of rock and sediment that water moves through when traveling through Earth’s Hydrologic cycle?

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Watershed

• Hydrologic Cycle

What is the advance of desert-like conditions into area that were previously fertile; caused by changes by over-farming, overgrazing, droughts, and climate change?

• Reforestation

• Habitat Destruction

• Climate Destruction

• Deforestation

What is a cause of soil pollution that also helps plants grow (used by farmers)?

• Irrigation

• Manure

• Fertilizer

• Biomass

What are two examples of human's negative impact on land?

• Paving roads

• Cutting down trees

• Planting crops

• Usage of fertilizer

What is an effect on clearing all plants in an area of the rainforest?

• It will increase biodiversity.

• It will increase extinctions.

• It will increase the amount of consumers.

• Animals will migrate.

What is an example of resource depletion related to a species habitat?

• Habitat destruction - cutting down trees to build homes

• Usage of nonrenewable resources

• Reduction of producers

• Water pollution

What was the impact on the environment when the wolves were removed from Yellowstone. (Choose 3)

• Elk population doubled

• Increase in producers

• Increase in migration

• Plants decrease in population

• Rivers eroded, fish impacted, and beavers impacted