Human Impact Review

What is the cause of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• burning fossil fuels

• breathing

• garbage

Deforestation means...

• removing the forest

• adding to the forest

• mapping the forest

• polluting the forest

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How do humans increase erosion?

• building groynes

• protecting beach dunes

• removing plants/trees

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We can prevent water pollution by:

• Reduce the use of plastic.

• Properly dispose of chemicals.

• Clean up after your animals.

• All of the above

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Pollution _________________________.

• is harmful materials put into the environment
• found in air, water, and land
• effects plants, animals, and people
• All of the above

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To reduce pollution in the environment, people should ______________ materials.

• recycle
• pollute
• throw away
• clean

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1. What are renewable resources?

• . Resources that are used faster than they form

• resources that can replenish themselves over time

• resources that formed over millions of years

• resources that exist only in rural areas

According to the graph, what material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash?

• Metals

• paper

• plastics

• Yard trimmings

1. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

• coal

• wind energy

• solar energy

• water

1. What is one of the greatest threats to biodiversity on Earth?

• habitat destruction

• loss of drinking water

• decrease in food supply

• pollution

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