Human Impact Quiz

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways that we learned that humans impact the climate?

• Fossil fuels

• Food choices

• Air & water pollution

• Reducing water consumption

Connect the piece of evidence with the reason it supports.

• Fossil fuels

• "Spills and leaks from oil pipelines or hydraulic fracturing (fracking) operations can degrade water supplies" (National Geographic).

• Water pollution

• "Most air pollution is created by people, taking the form of emissions from factories, cars, planes, or aerosol cans" (National Geographic).

• Food Choices

• "Manure is one obvious pollutant associated with meat production" (CommonLit).

• Overpopulation

• "Some electric power plants run on nuclear energy, water power

  or wind power" (Drilling Deep for Knowledge).

• Air pollution

• "Carbon dioxide waste builds up as more people burn fossil fuels for transportation and

  heating homes" (Growing World Population).

National Geographic claimed, "Thanks largely to decades of regulation and legal action against big polluters, the main cause of U.S. water quality problems is now "​ (a)   ," when pollutants are carried across or through the ground by rain or melted snow."

• Nonpoint Source Pollution
• Air Pollution
• Water Pollution
• Fossil Fuels

Which of these air pollutants do cows often release through digestion or manure?

• Carbon Dioxide

• Methane

• Nitrogen Oxide

• Sulfur Dioxide

Which of these is NOT a reason that people are concerned with a growing population?

• More people means more land that needs to be transformed into farmland

• More people create more waste

• Increased competition for resources

• More people may disrupt the delicate food web

The warming of the Earth's atmosphere is called...

• The Ozone Layer

• The Greenhouse Effect

• The Carbon Cycle

• The El Niño Effect

"Anyone can help protect watersheds by ​ (a)   of motor oil, paints, and other ​ (b)   products properly, keeping them off pavement and out of the ​ (c)   " (National Geographic).

• disposing
• toxic
• drain
• fishing
• supplying
• stinky
• shed
• animals

A study published in 2017 stated that THIS was the biggest thing that individuals could do for the environment.

• Have one fewer child

• Buy a reusable waterbottle

• Plant more trees

• Reduce energy consumption in the home

Rank these in order of which diet is best (1) for the environment to which is the worst (4) for the environment?

• Vegan

• Pescatarian

• Vegetarian

• Meat-Eater

Which of these is NOT a fossil fuel?

• Coal

• Petroleum

• Solar

• Peat