Human Environmental Impact

Select the correct definition of Natural Resources.

• Anything produced by Earth that people can use.

• Resource that can grow again or does not run out.

• Resource that cannot be replaced or regrown.

• Resource found on Earth which are all the same.

Renewable Resources...

• Cannot be replaced or regrown

• Are not that important to humans

• Can grow again or does not run out

• Never runs out but humans cannot make more

Nonrenewable resources...

• Cannot be regrown or replaced.

• include soil and forests.

• are typically good for the environment.

• are human-made, not produced by Earth.

True or False: It's estimated that 80% of Earth's land surface has been affected by human activities.

• True

• False

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Which statement about landfills is not correct.

• Some materials take hundreds or thousands of years to decompose.

• Some materials contain toxins.

• Food, tree branches, and plants help landfills break down faster.

• Chemicals from landfills leak and pollute soil and groundwater.

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True or false: Garbage floats along ocean currents and then gathers together in large patches.

• True

• False

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What happens to most of the garbage in the ocean?

• All the pieces of garbage sinks to the bottom.

• The pieces of garbage all float on the surface, creating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

• The garbage ends up washing onto shores and beaches.

• A small portion of the garbage floats on the surface, the rest sinks to the ocean floor.

Tropical rainforests are often called the _____ of our Earth.

• lungs

• heart

• soul

• purifier

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The main idea of Forest Depletion is

• that when forests are cut down, oxygen levels drop and it is more difficult for us to breathe.

• that forest are non-renewable resource and we need to protect them.

• that forests may be a renewable resource, but it takes 100 of years to grow back a forest that has been cleared.

• that currently, forests are humans main what to heat our homes.

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Fossil fuels are non-renewable. What are fossil fuels made from?

• found inside plants

• natural fuel formed by plants and animal remains

• grown under the Earth's surface

• produced by the Earth and will not run out

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