Human impact on ecosystems

How could pesticides get into lakes and streams?

• too much could be used
• it could be sprayed too close to a stream
• rain could wash pesticides into a stream
• all of the above

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Which of the following issues is the cause of the other environmental impacts caused by humans?

• pollution
• human population growth
• climate change
• habitat destruction 

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Pollution can cause harm to the ___________.  

• air
• land
• water
• all of the above

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Which of the following ways is one major way the land can become polluted?

• Smog

• Garbage

• Suffocation

• Food coloring

A human activity that has the MOST negatively impacted air quality is?

• building nuclear power plants.

• growing crops

• using solar panels

• burning coal

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Materials that harm the environment like pesticides and sewage are considered

• politics

• pollutants

• biofuels

• natural resources

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When wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one area to another it is called

• Erosion

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

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If the population of a certain predator increases, there is often _______ its prey

• a decrease the population of
• an increase of the population of 
• great news for its prey of
• no  impact found on

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How can people reduce the amount of resources they use?

• make more landfills and garbage dumps
• buy products with lots of packaging 
• use water, electricity, and gas conservatively and recycle metal, paper, and glass
• Think only about what you need right now and don’t worry about the future

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Increased industrialization will most likely

• decrease available habitats 
• increase environmental carrying capacity 
• increase the stability of ecosystems 
• decrease global warming

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