Human Impact on Ecosystems

Endangered species are

• Resources that are limited in supply because they are used faster than can be replaced

• Resources that are replaced as quickly as they are used

• The variety of organisms in an ecosystem

• species that have been identified as likely to become extinct

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What are the effects of deforestation ?

• loss of habitat

• increased green house gasses 

• soil erosion and flooding

• all of the above

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The natural environment exploited by humans leads to.............

• Change in habitat

• Change in ecosystem

• Environmental degradation

• Changes in environment

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.................. is the decline in the productive capacity of land for some time or permanently.

• Land Reclamation

• Land Degradation

• Land Use

• Land Profile

This image is an example of what type of land degradation

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urban Sprawl

• Urbanization

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What is an effect of land pollution?

• no clean drinking water

• loss of habitat for animals

• diseases from breathing in poor quality air

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Which of the following are causes of land pollution?

• Mining

• Increase in greenhouse gases

• Pesticides

• Landfills

• Human sewage

Does deforestation contribute to global warming?

• No, trees aren't that important

• Sometimes because only the cutting down of Maple trees contributes to global warming

• No, deforestation adds methane to the atmosphere, which makes the Earth cooler

• Yes; less trees means less CO2 is turned into oxygen.

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To reduce pollution in the environment, people should ______________ materials.

• recycle

• pollute

• throw away

• clean

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Urban sprawl

• is when cities spread out using up surrounding land.

• puts a strain on existing infrastructures.

• creates an increase in pollution.

• all of these.

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