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What is the major cause for air pollution? 

• factories and cars
• cigarretes 
• deforestation
• oil spills

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Using fewer wood products, buying used homes, and recycling paper are alternatives to 

• factories
• transportation
• solar panels
• deforestation

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Some human activities release greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, into the atmosphere. Which step would most likely help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide released?

• reusing plastic bags instead of throwing them away

• watering plants with rainwater instead of using tap water

• traveling in cars instead of riding bicycles

• generating power with wind turbines instead of burning coal

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Pollution can enter our groundwater when -

• Pollution spilled on the surface percolates down through soil and rocks

• Underground storage tanks crack and leak

• Underground sewer and septic pipes crack and leak

• All of these

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Which of the following sets of equipment can be used to analyze the effects of human activity on a watershed?

• Water testing kit, triple beam balance

• Water testing kit, beaker, hotplate

• Hotplate, beaker, graduated cylinder

• Water testing kit, hand lens, notebook

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Why should you work to reduce your carbon footprint on our planet?

• To ensure adequate food supply for future generations

• To ensure resources will be available for future generations and to decrease pollution

• To eliminate blisters on your feet while walking

• To explore new ways of harvesting energy from the sun

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Humans need to plant more trees to help the environment.

• True

• False

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_____are scientists who study human impacts on ecosystems.

• Chemists
• Botanists
• Virologists
• Conservation biologists

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Making sure that people have what they need today, but also that the next generations have what they need, too.

• conservation

• sustainability

• non renewable

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Which human activity has the most negative impact on water quality?

• washing clothes

• recreational boating

• flushing toilets

• agriculture

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