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How can humans best help an endangered species avoid extinction?

• they can feed the animals
• they can put the animals in a zoo
• they can protect the animal’s habitat
• they can take the animal to new habitats

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What is tragedy of the commons?

• when chemicals travel up the food chain and pile up in the fatty tissue of larger mammals
• when people over harvest an area that is not privately owned and tend to take more than the environment can successfully replace on its own 
• when there is a global problem, but everyone sees it as "everyone else's problem"
• people tend to feel a greater responsibility to protect land or sea that belongs to everyone compared to if it belongs to an individual or company 

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Select all that apply.

You can help decrease your carbon footprint by...

• buying and eat locally-produced food

• lessening your amount of driving

• recycling

• decreasing your water and electricity usage

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Which of the following is an unintended environmental consequence of aquaculture?

• Meeting an increasing demand for seafood

• Decreasing the prevalence of disease in nearby wild fish

• Contamination of surrounding water by organic waste

• High initial cost of facility

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True/False: Dumping trash into the water is harmful to the environment.

• False

• True

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The study of the impact of humans on the environment.

• Biology

• Ecology

• Environmental Science

• Social Science

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Fragmented habitat can be reconnected most directly by

• wildlife corridors

• captive breeding programs

• debt for nature swaps

• prescribed burns

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Responsible for the determination of endangered species status and monitoring the level of endangerment.

• US. Fish and Wild Life Services

• Park Rangers

• DEA

• Coast Guard

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Every source of energy has pros and cons even renewable ones.

Which renewable energy source would be harmful to birds and bats?

• Geothermal Energy

• Solar Energy

• Wind Energy

• Hydroelectric Energy

• Biomass Energy

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trash in runoff from an urban area

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

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