Human impact on Earth

Which of these is a picture of agricultural terracing?

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Polders (commonly found in the Netherlands) do what?

• Help clouds move faster

• hold Large portions of mayonnaise

• Reclaim land that is below sea level

Some scientists believe global warming is causing

• Spaghetti to fall from the sky

• The ground to disappear

• more natural disasters

• Everyone to do the cha cha slide

This is depicting the process by which _________________is formed

• Acid rain

• A big pair of socks

• Sediment

• Earthquakes

Cutting down forests, especially rainforests in South America and South Asia, is called

• Acid rain

• Deforestation

• Frisbee golf

• irrigation

What is the name of the body of water that we learned is shrinking due to water being diverted to use for irrigation?

• The great lake

• The Saltville wave pool

• The Aral Sea

• The Sea of Japan

The process where humans bring water to their farmland to water crops is called

• Urination

• Irrigation

• Recommendation

• Litigation

Which of these is a river that is drying up due to human impacts?

• North Fork of the Holston

• Colorado River

• Mississippi

a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply.

• Ocean

• Stream

• Resevoir

It’s a structure built across a river or stream to hold water back, used for a variety of purposes

• dam

• bridge