Environmental Impact and Greenhouse Gases

Construction, mining and logging can increase sediment ________

• acidification

• run-off

• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

(a)   is the movement of saline water into freshwater aquifers.

______ is a greenhouse gas, meaning it traps heat in the atmosphere.

• Oxygen

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

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Algae feeds on _______ and blooms.

• Carbon dioxide

• Pesticides

• Fertilizers

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Algae can be so thick, it blocks _______

• Sunlight

• water

• Carbon dioxide

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What is not a source of water pollution

• Dams

• invasive species

• climate change

• infiltration of water into the ground

Mangroves face many threats including________

• Reducing plastic pollution

• Hurricanes and storms

• Planting Mangroves

__________ is unwanted catch that is often killed ( turtles, sharks, dolphins)

• Bycatch

• fishing

• hunting

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__________ species have a disproportionately larger impact on the ecosystem than other species.

• invasive

• keystone

• endangered

The lion fish in Florida is an example of_____

• keystone species

• invasive species

• endangered species

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