Most of the land in the United States is now human altered. What specific name do we give to human altered lands?

Humans have had a major impact on our environment. We have altered natural biomes into anthromes, reduced human death rate through medicines, and changed our climates through burning fossil fuels. What do we call this period where human activities have significantly altered global systems?

When CO2 from the atmosphere diffuses into our oceans, it causes pH to lower. This has a negative impact on marine organisms. What do we call this process?

Rising CO2 levels has lead to a rise in average global temperatures. Based on this information, how is CO2 impacting the sea levels?

In order to meet human needs, solutions need to: preserve ecosystem services, protect water/soil/climate, and help people meet their needs. These are characteristics of which of the following?

When habitats are fragmented by urban sprawl, wildlife are negatively impacted. Which option below would be a solution to a large interstate cutting through a national park that impacts elk migration?

Urban sprawl often causes habitat fragmentation. As habitats get smaller, what happens to the number of species in the habitat according to the Species Area Rule?

What do we call the term that measures how many natural resources are in a given area versus how much of those resources humans are consuming (using)?

A lake where the public is allowed to freely fish is beginning to run out of fish. Scared of running out of the limited resource, people start fishing more to stock pile and/or sell for profit. This process of over exploiting a limited natural resource is known as what?

The cheetah population world wide is being severally reduced. They are extinct in many countries and close to extinction elsewhere. What would cheetahs be classified as under the Endangered Species Act?

What impact does an invasive species have on the native species of the area?

When toxic chemicals end up on the land or in water, they can be absorbed by producers. When these chemicals are passed through the trophic levels of a food chain, the chemicals become more concentrated. This describes which of the following?

The diagram shows what happens when excess nutrients run into our water ways, negatively impacting the ecosystem. What do we call this excess of nutrients in the water?