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Based on the images, predict the effect of human activities on the emission of NO 2.

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Human activity increases the amount of NO 2 in the atmosphere.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-6

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What is least likely to be considered from an ecological perspective in establishing marine preserves? Options: limiting visitors to Florida Key reefs, requiring licenses for sports fishing, maintaining viable population levels for fish and shellfish, protecting reef systems to preserve marine diversity.

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Maintaining viable population levels for fish and shellfish sold in stores and restaurants.

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If a farmer wanted to shift to organic farming, which metric would decrease? Options: Yield, Profitability, Soil Quality, Total Costs.

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Yield

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The chart shows the amount of waste created by different types of plastic in Australia. If a person in Australia wanted to make a lifestyle change to have the greatest impact on their annual waste, which change would have the greatest impact? Options: Bringing reusable cups to coffee shops, Switching from plastic bags to reusable, Driving less to reduce the amount of tire dust, Changing to cosmetic products that don’t use microbeads

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Bringing reusable cups to coffee shops

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What discovery would make the moth less environmentally friendly than chemical controls in controlling prickly pear cactus?

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The moth has been shown to eat some plants native to the area if given a choice.

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Effect of polar air being trapped in the arctic?

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Countries in the northern hemisphere will experience a warmer winter.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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Why would it take hundreds of years for the Earth to cool to pre-industrial temperatures if greenhouse emissions stopped today? Options: A. The ocean stores most of the extra CO2 and it would begin releasing it back to the atmosphere. B. The ocean absorbs most of the excess heat and would begin releasing it back into the atmosphere. C. The ocean holds most of the organisms that do photosynthesis and they would die without the extra greenhouse gasses. D. The ocean is full of rock and rocks store most of the excess heat and would begin releasing it back into the atmosphere.

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The ocean absorbs most of the excess heat and would begin releasing it back into the atmosphere.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

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How would the global temperature be affected by volcanic eruptions like the Popocateptl volcano in Mexico in 2018?

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The temperature would lower due to the ash reflecting UV radiation

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

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Based on the information in the graph, predict biodiversity of ocean life now versus the 1960’s.

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Biodiversity has decreased because ocean acidification has made the ocean uninhabitable by some life.

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

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The greenhouse effect is natural as it helps to sustain (keep) life on earth by trapping heat in the atmosphere.

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True

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