Human Impact Quizizz

The process in which plants use energy from the sun to convert carbon dioxide and water into oxygen and glucose.

• respiration 
• decomposition
• photosynthesis
• combustion

What do plants release in the carbon/oxygen cycle?

• Carbon dioxide 
• Oxygen 

1. What are renewable resources?

• . Resources that are used faster than they form

• resources that can replenish themselves over time

• resources that formed over millions of years

• resources that exist only in rural areas

What would Earth be like without the greenhouse effect?

• The same temperature

• a little cooler than it is now

• too cold to live

• a little warmer than it is now

Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

• coal

• wind energy

• solar energy

• natural gas

What is global warming

• the normal temperature fluctuations of Earth's climate cycle

• the melting of the polar ice caps

• the trend of increasing temperatures on Earth

• the changes in Earth's biosphere that affect the atmosphere

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

Why are fossil fuels a nonrenewable resource? 

• they take millions of years to replace 
• they can be used over and over again
• they are used to heat and light homes 
• they cause air and water pollution 

Burning fossil fuels creates air pollution in addition to greenhouse gas emissions

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a greenhouse gas?

• Carbon dioxide CO₂
• Methane CH₄
• Water vapor
• Nitrogen N₂