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The environmental impact of mining includes erosion, loss of biodiversity,contamination of soil and water

• This is a short term impact.
• This is a long term impact.

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Biodiversity makes an ecosystem ______ stable

• More

• Less

• Equally

• Not

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What is sustainability?

• Maintaining something at a stable level

• All of the living and non-living things in an environment

• All of the members of the same species in an area

• All of the different types of living things

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1. The ecosystem with the greatest sustainability will be the one that has the –

• greatest variety of different organisms

• highest annual precipitation

• lowest population of harmful insects

• fastest growing season of green plants

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High biodiversity ensures that many different ecological niches (jobs, roles) are filled, which helps the ecosystem function well.

• True

• False

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Forest clearing, farming, and road building are all examples of

• Biodiversity

• Population distribution

• Habitat loss

• Climate Change

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the ability of an ecosystem to stay healthy & productive over time

• sustainability

• environmental change

• adaptations

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Do coral reefs

have any chance of surviving?

• Yes, but only with our help

• No, they are dead

• Maybe, it depends on future events

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Why is biodiversity important to ecosystems?

• It helps populations adapt to ecological changes.

• It increases at each level of the food chain.

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What is one way humans are trying to positively impact the ocean?

• Fishing

• Creating artificial reefs

• Harvesting oil and natural gas

• Transporting goods in ocean vessels

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