Resources and Human Impact

Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?

• deforestation
• removing carnivores from a forest 
• recycling
• heating homes with fossil fuels  

Which human activity would most likely USE MORE nonrenewable resources?

• increased use of vehicles that use gas

• Increased recycling by humans

• governmental restriction of industrial pollution

Many common products, such as wooden furniture, paper, and books, are made from trees. Which of the following is a likely consequence of humans cutting down a forest in order to make use of the natural resources there?

• the decrease of chemical runoff into the oceans

• increased acid rain

• the destruction of habitats

Human activities are increasing the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• True

• False

The sum of all living matter on Earth.

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Geosphere

The process of a species disappearing forever.

• Pollution

• Resource

• Contaminant

• Extinction

Resources that exist in the environment without human intervention.

• National Resources

• Natural Resources

• Common Resources

• Public Resources

All of the living and nonliving factors in an area.

• Population

• Earth

• Government

• Ecosystem

____________ is the number of different species of plants and animals in an area.

• Per capita

• Address

• Biology

• Biodiversity

What environmental problem can you detect in the picture?

• produce fumes

• volunteer to plant trees.

• deforestation.