HUMAN IMPACT TEST REVIEW

True or False:

Deforestation can lead to loss of animal habitats.

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True or False:

Deforestation can lead to soil erosion.

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Deforestation can lead to increases in Earth's average surface temperature.

True or False

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Which best describes something that would decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• Burning fossil fuels
• Increasing industrial emissions
• Clearing more land for agriculture
• Planting more trees to increase the size of a National Forest and reducing deforestation

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True or False

Spraying with water to clear leaves off a porch is a good way to conserve water.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a large area of floating trash in the Pacific Ocean that is caused, in part, by ocean currents. Which is a step people can take to minimize its effect on Earth's water?

• Design new and better ways to recycle.

• Use more single-use plastics
• Dump plastic waste in landfills
• Recycle all plastic waste

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Which of the following causes air pollution?

• volcanic eruptions

• forest fires

• burning fossil fuels

• all of these

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What is given off when gas, oil and coal are burned?

• oxygen
• carbon dioxide (CO2)
• water vapor
• nitrogen

Which of the following is a way a 13 year old in America can help control greenhouse gases?

• all of these

• planting trees

• recycling

• conserve electricity

True or False:

Human activities have both negative and positive impacts on the environment.

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