Human Impact pre-quiz

Students decide to remove the litter from an abandoned park and plant trees. Which of the following observations provides the best evidence that the action of the students has had a positive effect on the health of the park ecosystem?

• The number of human visitors decreases.

• The level of yearly precipitation increases.

• The number and diversity of animals increases.

• The average daily high temperature decreases.

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Spix’s macaw is an endangered species of bird native to Brazil. The population of the bird has declined over the past 30 years. During this same period, much of the Brazilian rainforest habitat of the bird has been lost due to logging. What data would best support the claim that logging is a likely cause of the decline in the population of Spix’s macaw?

• The trees harvested by logging are not those that are usually the home to this bird.

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  This bird is a popular pet and has been bred successfully in captivity.

• The population of this bird was relatively constant before logging began.

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  The land cleared by logging is often taken over by farmers for growing crops.

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A steady increase in global temperature has been recorded between 1900 and today. Before concluding that this rise in temperature is the result of the increased burning of fossil fuels since that same time, which of the following questions would have to be answered?

• What is the CO₂ content in one metric ton of fossil fuels?

• Which gases are released when burning fossil fuels?

• What, if any, temperature rise was occurring prior to 1900?

• How have humans adapted to temperature change?

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The burning of fossil fuels contributes to the addition of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. These gases trap thermal energy in the Earth’s atmosphere. Which of the following would be the most reasonable changes that could result from an increase in the burning of fossil fuels?

• The air all over the globe would become dirtier.

• There would be a global rise in temperatures.

• Ecosystems would become more diverse.

• Rates of photosynthesis would decrease.

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What evidence would support the claim that an increase in human population contributes to the emission of greenhouse gases?

• Data showing that greenhouse gas production has leveled off once the global population reached a certain number

• Data showing that the amount of greenhouse gases produced varies with the level of development a country has reached

• Data showing that greenhouse gas emissions for each individual human has dropped over the last thirty years

• Data showing that the ten countries with the largest populations are the ten countries that produce the most greenhouse gases

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Long-term change in the prevailing weather patterns

• climate change

• greenhouse gases

• biosphere

• extinction

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The sum of all living matter on Earth

• biosphere

• environment

• habitat

• population

The use of resources (e.g., fuels or food) by specific populations

• consumption

• habitat

• per capita

• species

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All the living and nonliving factors in an area

• environment

• habitat

• species

• population

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The permanent disappearance of a species from Earth

• extinction

• thanos snap

• natural resource

• human activity

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