Mining and Agricultural Pollution

Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in ______________.

• groundwater

• streams and rivers

• oceans

• All of these choices

 Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming?

• Carbon dioxide

• Water vapor

• Methane

• Nitric oxides

What is the most dramatic result of deforestation?

• land is no longer green and full of life

• people can't explore rainforests

• loss of habitat for approximately 70% of the worlds species

• pictures from space show deforestation

What are some reasons deforestation occurs?

• clearing land for agriculture, ranching, and mining

• just wanting to destroy things

• to make room for infrastructure

• Population moving from rural areas to cities

 Fossil fuels are an important natural resource used by society. Which of the following best describes fossil fuels?

• They are naturally occurring inorganic fuels like coal and petroleum.

• They are any liquid fuel derived from once-living matter.

• They are fuels in which dinosaur fossils are commonly found.

• They are organic fuels derived from ancient plants and animals.

Carbon is released into the atmosphere through all of the following ways except:

• respiration

• cow flatulence

• photosynthesis

• all of the above