Human Impact Pretest

A negative effect of the invention and use of paper is the

• increased use of glass bottles.

• increased number of trees cut down.

• decreased pollution in trash dumps.

• decreased amount of books to read.

Which human activity can have the greatest positive effect on global climate change by helping to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• removing trees to build houses

• recycling plastics to manufacture materials

• limiting internal combustion engines that power automobiles

• using alternatives to chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) for refrigeration

In the late twentieth century as people became more concerned about protecting their environment, scientists researched better ways to

• recycle nonrenewable resources.

• increase pesticide runoff into rivers.

• eliminate the use of renewable resources.

• add chlorofluorocarbons to the atmosphere.

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Which of the following best conserves natural resources that are used to make a television?

• repair your broken television

• buy a television that is on sale

• throw old televisions in the trash

• donate a new television to your school

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Electricity to play your radio can be made using renewable or nonrenewable resources. Which of the following resources are renewable?

• wind and oil

• wind and sunlight

• natural gas and oil

• natural gas and coal

Many scientists think that burning fossil fuels has increased the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. What effect would the increase of carbon dioxide most likely have on the planet?

• a cooler climate

• a warmer climate

• lower relative humidity

• more ozone in the atmosphere

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Which of these could increase average global temperatures?

• increased use of fossil fuels

• increased ocean algal blooms

• decreased carbon dioxide emissions

• increased numbers of animal species

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Permanent deforestation can contribute to potential global warming by

• decreasing atmospheric CO2 levels.

• increasing atmospheric CO2 levels.

• decreasing atmospheric N2 levels.

• increasing atmospheric N2 levels.

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According to scientists, which of the following material categories is thought to be the primary cause for the depletion of the ozone layer?

• chlorofluorocarbons

• coal-containing sulfur

• fossil fuels

• hydrocarbons

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Which of the following human activities reduces the level of ozone in the atmosphere?

• using artificial lighting in scientific polar stations

• using large banks of solar cells for energy production

• releasing chlorofluorocarbons from aerosol cans

• destroying large areas of the equatorial rain forests