Human Effects on the Environment

_______________ is the cutting down of trees to make room for housing, businesses, and farmland.

• crop rotation

• deforestation

• urbanization

• pollution

__________ is a method of farming so that the soil is NOT depleted of its nutrients.

 

• crop rotation

• deforestation

• pollution

• urbanization

The ________ is the air, water, soil, and everything around us everyday. 

• pollution

• environment

• climate

• atmosphere

___________ is the growth of cities into urban areas.

• crop rotation

• deforestation

• pollution

• urbanization

Deforestation, or cutting down of trees, helps animal and plant habitats thrive and grow.

• True

• False

What harmful gas does the rainforest help to get rid of from our atmosphere because it absorbs it?

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

True or False: Deforestation can cause soil erosion.

• True because the soil can get easily washed or blown away. This can cause flooding and landslides.

• False because the soil should still stay in place and it would be hard for it to be washed or blown.

Humans can have a positive impact on the environment by:

• generating waste products as a result of technological advances

• using resources that are renewable

• increasing planting large areas of one crop

• increasing the use of pesticides

In order to eat dinner...

• Landfills must be dug to store trash and waste items

• Land must be cleared so vegetables can cold morning be grown.

• Trees must be cut down to make paper.

• Sources of clean water must keep being found.

In order to take out the trash...

• Landfills must be dug to store trash and waste items

• Land must be cleared so vegetables can cold morning be grown.

• Trees must be cut down to make paper.

• Sources of clean water must keep being found.