Human Impact on Environment: P1

Habitat manipulation is a powerful tool wildlife managers use to:

• make money.

• create zoos.

• manage populations.

• manage money.

The physical features of a habitat are directly related to the _________________________ living in the habitat.

• type of organisms

• people

• aliens

• types of flowers

The two (2) main biological features of a habitat are food availability and ______________________________.

• the people that fix the food

• food preparation

• food processing

• predator-prey relationships

Ecosystem Services include: filtering water, ___________________________, and producing the food we eat.

• sucking carbon dioxide out of the air

• producing carbon dioxide for our lungs

• producing carbon monoxide in order to live

• sucking oxygen out of the air

Deforestation can lead to another Ecosystem impact called __________________________ which is the spread of dry, unproductive landscapes.

• Desertification

• DemonSlayer

• Dinosaurification

• DungeonsAndDragons

One of the more in-your-face ways we affect biodiversity is by introducing ______________________________________.

• dogs to cats

• ourselves to Miss Trunchbull!

• nonnative species

• ourselves to The Beast while trying to retrieve a baseball

Every minute the area the size of 2 football fields are destroyed by _________________ .

• animals

• humans

• fires

• nature

Many animals, including the sloth, become trapped in urban settings because ______________________________________.

• other animals surround them

• trees are cut down to make way for houses

• there is no food

• zoos need more animals

Each animal is needed in the forest for all of the following EXCEPT _________________________.

• to keep the water clean

• to disperse seeds

• to pollinate plants

• to keep herbivores in check

What is one way to save the rainforest?

• Calculating how much money could be made by selling animals to zoos across the world.

• Farm it.

• Calculating their value environmentally.

• Turn it into a theme park.