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Why are trees a natural resource?

• The leaves are green

• We use them to make paper, lumber, and other products.

• They are beautiful

• They grow back after they are cut down.

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If the factory in this diagram was NOT practicing good environmental conservation, what effect would be produced?

• air and water pollution

• good fishing for recreation

• plentiful animals in the river

• purified drinking water

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Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource

• Human Resource

• Plants

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Claim: the consumption of natural resources by humans has a negative impact on the environment. What data would provide evidence for this claim?

• Increased human lifespan and increased ice cap size

• Increased human population and decreased habitats for plants and animals

• Increased consumption of resources by humans and increased biodiversity (variety) in nature

• Increased of fossil fuel burning by humans and decreased use of other resources

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As the human population increases, so does the consumption of natural resources. What are some ways this impacts natural ecosystems and environments?

• negative impact

• positive impact

• habitat loss

• environmental pollution

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What type of data would be required to show that the

amount of carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels for energy can be reduced by using

renewable resources?

• the amount of emissions from the burning of fossil fuels

• the amount of scrubbers on a smoke stack

• the amount of emissions from renewable sources

• the amount of renewable resources in a landfill

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A way the factory could help conserve the river water as a natural resource is to--

• filter the water before dumping into the river

• remove all of the animals from the area for their protection

• set up nets down river to remove contaminated fish

• post signs of "No swimming in the river"

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Where the better adapted organisms survive to pass traits along to offspring.

• Evolution

• Natural Selection

• Extinction

• Artifical Selection

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The trees these moths used to live on were white, but have been covered in soot from coal factories. Which moth will be more successful in this environment?

• Dark moth

• Light moth

• Both will be equally successful

• Neither will be successful

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The theory of evolution by natural selection means that what is changing over time?

• The inherited traits of a population.

• The acquired traits of a population.

• Hair color and eye color

• Attractive features.

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