Human Impact on Habitats

How much plastic waste do humans dump into animal habitats every year?

• 400 pounds of plastic

• Most plastic is recycled and does not contaminate the environment

• 400 tons of plastic

• 400 million tons of plastic every year

A type of precipitation produced when pollutants in the water cycle, mostly caused by the burning of the fossil fuel coal, cause rain pH to drop below normal levels:

• global warming

• acid rain

• renewable resource

• non renewable resource

One of the worst plastic pollutants are single-use water bottles. How many single-use water bottles are produced every single day?

• 6 thousand

• 60 thousand

• 600 thousand

• 60 million

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, how many acres of forests are lost each year?

• 18 acres

• 18 million acres

• 180,000 acres

• 1 million acres

Runoff from 31 states bordering the Mississippi River contaminate the river and cause a "Dead Zone" in the Gulf of Mexico at the mouth of the Mississippi River, where almost no marine animals can survive. How much of the Gulf of Mexico does this "Dead Zone" cover?

• 1,000 square miles

• 500 square miles to 1,500 square miles

• 4,000 square miles to almost 9,000 square miles

• Covers the entire Gulf of Mexico

Over 1 million marine animals, including 300,000 dolphins, are killed by this pollutant every single year:

• Wooden crates

• Steel rods

• concrete blocks

• plastic debris

Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in ______________.

• groundwater
• streams and rivers
• oceans
• All of these choices

Does deforestation contribute to global warming?

• No, trees aren't that important
• Sometimes because only the cutting down of Maple trees contributes to global warming
• No, deforestation adds methane to the atmosphere, which makes the Earth cooler
• Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.

What does biodiversity mean?

• Only one species in an area.
• Having a number of different species in an area.

• All abiotic life
• Nitrogen fixation

Where does most air pollution come from?

• Human activities

• Wildfires

• Volcanic eruptions

• Allergens