Introduction to: Human Impact on the Environment

Humans depend on Earth's environment for:

• Shelter

• Food

• Water

• All of these options

• Air

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Humans are the only species on Earth that have the ability to:

• Adapt to different climates

• Use tools

• Understand, manipulate and damage Earth's ecosystems

• Modify the environment

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Environmental Science is the study of:

• The interaction between humans and the environment

• The history of Earth

• The types of rocks on Earth

• The solar system

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Human activities that affect Planet Earth are:

• Industrialization

• Agriculture

• Urbanization

• All of these options

• Hunting and Gathering

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By the end of the last ​ (a)   (11,000 years ago) humans had begun the practice of ​ (b)   . Early humans quickly learned how ​ (c)   grew and ripened.  

They learned which plants were suitable as ​ (d)   and which plants had ​ (e)   purposes.

• agriculture
• plants
• foods
• medicinal
• ice age
• stone age
• trading
• animals
• creative

Early humans obtained food by:

• Hunting and gathering

• Farming

• Shopping at markets

• Ordering food online

What is one thing that makes the landfills of today more environmentally friendly than the old garbage dumps of the past?

• The liner system that runs on the bottom and up the sides of the landfill.

• Leaving it open so animals can come and eat out of it.

• Letting people come and take what they want out of it.

• Selling it to China.

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What happened around the 1800's that caused a population explosion?

• Landfills were created

• The Industrial Revolution

• The invention of electricity

• The invention of cars

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Early humans quickly learned to distinguish between plants that were suitable as ________, and which plants had ________.

• shelter, medicinal properties

• food, poisonous characteristics

• tools, spiritual significance

• clothing, no use

By the end of the last ice age, humans had begun the practice of ________.

• hunting and gathering

• agriculture

• nomadic herding

• industrial production

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