7.6 - 2 Human Impact on the Environment Quiz

Per capita

• Average, per person

• Continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth's climate system

• When a species no longer exists

• A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

Global warming

• When a species no longer exists

• Average, per person

• When two things happen together, but one does not cause the other.

• Continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth's climate system

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What data best demonstrates the effect of environmental changes on organisms and species?

• The historical climate conditions of the environment

• The measurements of plant growth over time

• The soil composition of the area after the change

• The number of surviving organisms and populations after the change

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How can organisms be affected by short-term environmental changes?

• They can slowly begin to utilize another niche after many years.

• They can adapt to the changes over generations.

• They can continue to live without being affected.

• They can migrate or become extinct.

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When are natural systems generally harmed by human activities?

• Only when small numbers of humans participate in the activities

• When the activities involve wasteful consumption, over-harvesting, or pollution

• When the activities contribute to the health of the environment

• Only when activities take place in that specific location

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Extinction

• When a species no longer exists

• A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

• Average, per person

• When two things happen together, but one does not cause the other.

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Correlation

• A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area

• The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• Continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth's climate system

• When two things happen together, but one does not cause the other.

Overfishing has led to -

• A decrease in competition of invasive species

• The economic sustainability of commercial fishing

• A reduction in the fish population and disrupting of the marine food web

• An increase in abundance of marine life

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Coal consumption harms the environment in all the following ways EXCEPT -

• It causes acid rain.

• It produces sulfur dioxide when burned.

• Mining produces new habitats.

• It destroys animal habitats.

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The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• Global warming

• Population

• Correlation

• Natural habitat

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