Human Impact on the Environment Quiz Review

The process of a species disappearing forever

• biosphere

• natural habitat

• extinction

• population

• species

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A group of interacting individuals of the same species

• biosphere

• natural habitat

• extinction

• population

• species

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The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• biosphere

• natural habitat

• extinction

• population

• species

A group of living things that have similar genes capable of reproducing

• biosphere

• natural habitat

• extinction

• population

• species

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The sum of all living matter on Earth

• biosphere

• natural habitat

• extinction

• population

• species

When contaminants are picked up by runoff, the effects can be harmful because the water that living organisms depend on becomes __________.

• polluted

• extinction

• positive

• increase

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Human activities, such as overfishing and dumping pollutants into the ocean, can have a great impact, even causing __________ of some marine life.

• polluted

• extinction

• positive

• increase

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Artificial reefs have a(n) __________ impact on the environment because they help create underwater ecosystems.

• polluted

• extinction

• positive

• increase

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Typically, as human populations increase, the negative impacts on Earth __________.

• polluted

• extinction

• positive

• increase

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To support the claim that the consumption of natural resources by humans has a negative impact on the environment, what kinds of data would be needed to provide evidence?

• Increasing human lifespan over time and global increase in sea level

• Increasing human population and decreasing size of habitats for plants and animals

• Increasing the consumption of resources by humans and increasing biodiversity

• Increasing burning of fossil fuels by humans and decreasing use of other resources

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