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Why are fossil fuels considered nonrenewable resources if they are still forming beneath the surface today?

• They are being formed as a type of methane which we cannot use.
• We are depleting the fossil fuels much faster than they can form.
• They are being formed too far beneath the surface of the ocean 
• The fossil fuels are being broken down by a natural process faster than they can form.

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How does a growing population of human beings, effect the amount of natural resources in an area?

• We distribute these resources into different locations

• humans use up minerals causing only a limited supply

• it does not effect our resources because we have plenty of supplies.

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What two factors limit population growth the most on Earth?

• natural resources

• space

• jobs

• animal life

• location of schools

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Human activities are increasing the level of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

• True

• False

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How do humans affect the carbon cycle?

• Inhaling oxygen

• Wearing sunscreen

• Using pencils to write

• Exhaling carbon dioxide

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Which example best describes how human activity can directly impact the geosphere?

• Poor farming practices can degrade the soil and cause erosion.

• Dumping waste from a factory into a river can pollute the water supply.

• Construction activities can release harmful dust and chemicals into the air.

• Removing too many fish from the ocean can cause a fish species to go extinct.

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Which of the following are causes of land pollution?

• Mining

• Increase in greenhouse gases

• Pesticides

• Landfills

• Human sewage

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Which of the following is a human use of the Gulf Coast Prairies that increases erosion?

• grazing of bison

• urban development

• logging

• All the above

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All human development _____ the rate of erosion on the land.

• decreases

• increases

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Which piece of evidence BEST explains why trash has accumulated in the ocean?

• Humans manufacturing and quickly discarding plastic products has caused the garbage patches to grow.

• The best way to discard plastic trash is to dump it in the ocean.

• Only plastic that cannot be recycles is found in the ocean.

• Trash has not accumulated in the ocean.

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