Human Impact

released form refrigerators, air conditioners, deodorants and insect repellents slowly damaging the atmosphere and depleting the ozone layer leading to global warming

• air pollution

• CFCs

• water pollution

• soil pollution

smoke emitted by cars, buses, trucks trains, and factories, namely sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide and nitrogen odors.

• soil pollution

• CFCs

• water pollutoin

• air pollution

industrial waste products released into lakes, rivers, and other water bodies, affecting marine life.

• water pollution

• air pollution

• CFCs

• soil pollution

chemicals released by spill or leakage that seeps heavy contaminates into soil affecting crops

• water pollution

• air pollution

• CFCs

• soil pollution

A colorless, odorless gas that decreases the blood's ability to carry oxygen.  Can cause faintness, death.

• Nitrogen oxides
• Ground-level ozone
• Carbon monoxide
• Sulfur dioxide

Invasive species grow quickly due to the lack of predators, this leads to a decline or extinction of the native population. True or false? 

• false
• true

What is the greatest threat humans pose to biodiversity?

• habitat loss

• genetic mutation

• keystone species

• invasive species

How can humans protect biodiversity?

• understanding and protecting habitats

• using large-scale single-crop agriculture

• encouraging deforestation in fire-prone areas

• introducing invasive species

What is a risk of using chemical pesticides on crops?

• chemicals can get into streams and rivers

• rotating crop production

• genetic mutation of existing crops

• attracting more insects to the harvestable product

this is an example of what kind of pollution ?

• air

• water

• soil

• CFC