Unit 4, Quizizz Quiz 2, Human Impacts

What does acid rain occur in large amounts over the northeastern United States

• It is cold in that region.

• It is hot in that regio.

• Residents have to use snowmobiles to get to work.

• Manufacturing plants put sulfur oxide from burning coal in the air.

What smokey condition is caused by sulfer and nitrogen compounds in the air?

• Smog

• Fog

• Water vapor

• Ozone

What is an invasive species?

• A species from another planet.

• A species that moves into your pets living space.

• A nonnative species

• I new neighbor that comes over to borrow things all of the time.

What occurs from acid deposition?

• Nitrogen in the soil rises, fish mercury contamination rises, and trees are weakened.

• Scientists use acid in their laboratories.

• Too much acid accumulates in your stomach.

• Pools of acid form in forests and deserts.

What percent of water pollution comes from human activities on land?

• 20%

• 10%

• 90%

• 80%

Which is a negative effect of using fertilizers?

• Crop mutations occur

• It causes nitrogen runoff which upsets the nitrogen cycle

• Animals are poisoned

• It causes desertification

What is the most negative effect of urbanization?

• Too much water use

• It creates too many landfills

• Deforestation of woodlands

• It causes too many people

What will happen to the air due to clear-cutting the rain forests?

• An increase in carbon dioxide

• An increase in ozone

• A decrease in carbon dioxide

• A decrease in ozone

What happens to the soil due to rain on construction sites?

• It becomes more fertile for growing crops.

• Soil erosion accelerates impacting water quality in streams and rivers.

• It begins to lose nutrients due to water absorption.

• It has to be removed to be tested for contaminants.

Does incineration cause very much air pollution?

• It causes very much air pollution.

• It causes very little air pollution.

• It causes no air pollution.

• It causes water pollution.