Human Impacts on Atmosphere

Which human actions could change or alter the Earth's atmosphere?

• deforestation

• burning fossil fuels for energy

• littering and garbage

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Negative impacts of deforestation on the earth's atmosphere include

• increase oxygen gas in the air

• decrease carbon dioxide in the air

• increased carbon dioxide in the air

• increase in greenhouse gases

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Air pollutant that is composed of unhealthy gases such as carbon monoxide, nitric oxide, etc

• fog

• dew

• smog

• ozone

Why carbon dioxide level in the air increases when trees are removed from an ecosystem?

• Human produces more carbon dioxide when burning fossil fuels for energy.

• Trees use carbon dioxide during the photosynthesis process.

• Trees use carbon dioxide during cellular respiration process.

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The continual rise in the average temperature of Earth

• global warming

• biosphere

• extinction

• fossil fuel

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________ is a natural, non-renewable fuel such as coal, oil, or natural gas

Negative human impacts on the environment include: (choose all that apply)

• pollution

• deforestation

• excessive withdrawal of water from aquifers

• sprawling urban development

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Positive human impacts on the environment include: (choose all that apply)

• reduce, reuse, recycle

• funding research of scientists and engineers

• deforestation

• enacting laws to preserve undeveloped land

The burning of fossil fuels, such as coal, oil, and natural gas, causes

• more greenhouse gasses to be released into the atmosphere

• less greenhouse gasses to be released into the atmosphere

• no change in atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations

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Increasing the amount of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere will cause global temperatures to

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

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