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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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The goal of environmental problem solving is to achieve …….

• A way to waste fossil fuels
• A solution for some environmental problems
• All of the options
• A sustainable world

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Our effect on the environment - a combination of what we consume, and the waste we produce.

• Ecological Fingerprint
• Ecological Footprint
• Ecological Image
• Ecological History

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Algae grow rapidly when certain nutrients are added to the water supply causing an algal bloom. Eutrophication describes the process of adding nutrients to the water supply. What human activity is most responsible for the eutrophication that leads to algal blooms?

• Burning fossil fuels

• Disposing of pesticides

• Fertilizer for food crops

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Sustainable food production involves

• using resources at the rate at which they are generated

• using resources at the rate at which they are generated without damaging the environment

• ensuring all people have equal access to food

• Not producing pollution

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One way to prevent colony collapse disorder

• create wildflower buffers near farms and highways

• plant trees near rivers

• heavily use irrigation

• use insecticides

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Scientists have created a bacterium to clean up wastes

• true

• false

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Which of the following would be most effective in slowing the loss of biodiversity?

• creating large parks/preserves in biodiversity hotspots

• requiring every country to maintain a seed bank

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Meat production using constant antibiotics, large numbers of cattle packed into small areas:

• Free range

• CAFOs

• Feed lots

• Grass Fed

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Areas that have been set aside for the protection of threatened or endangered species and their habitats are known as;

• National parks.

• National zoos

• National wildlife refuges.

• National recreation areas.

• National forest reserves.

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