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Unit 4 Human Impacts

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________________is the growth of towns and cities when people move from rural areas.

a)

Density

b)

Urbanization

c)

Distribution

d)

Supply and demand

2.

_________________water that is frozen in a layer of soil.

a)

Core

b)

Hydroelectric

c)

Aquifer

d)

Permafrost

3.

________________pollution that comes from ONE specific site.

a)

Point source

b)

Non-point source

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Chemical

4.

_______________is the increase in the amount of nutrients in water.

a)

Biological pollution

b)

Wastewater

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Acid rain

5.

________________pollution that comes from many small sources.

a)

Point source

b)

Non-point source

c)

Water

6.

_________________is water that is safe to drink.

a)

Potable

b)

Dissolved

c)

Turbidity

d)

Ph level

7.

____________________is a body of water that usually forms behind a dam.

a)

Aqueducts

b)

canals

c)

Reservoir

d)

Lake

8.

_____________________is the process by which human activity and natural processes damage the land.

a)

Urban sprawl

b)

Erosion

c)

Land degradation

d)

Urbanization

9.

_______________________is the process by which land becomes more like a desert and unable to support life.

a)

Deforestation

b)

Desertification

c)

Eutrophication

d)

Degradation

10.

_____________________is the removal of trees and other vegetation.

a)

Deforestation

b)

Desertification

c)

Erosion

d)

Canopy

11.

__________________is the way certain gasses are re-radiated and trapped in the environment.

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Greenhouse effect

c)

Ultraviolet radiation

d)

Participate

12.

____________________is a tiny particle of solid that is suspended in the air or water.

a)

Exhaust

b)

Sulfur dioxide

c)

Ozone

d)

Particulate

13.

____________________forms when ground level ozone and vehicle exhaust react in the presence of sunlight.

a)

Pollution

b)

Particulates

c)

Smog

d)

Acid rain

14.

_________________is rain, sleet, or snow that contains acids from air pollution.

a)

Smog

b)

Exhaust

c)

Urbanization

d)

Acid Precipitation

15.

_________________level is the measurement of how clean or polluted what we breathe is.

a)

Air quality

b)

Exhaust

c)

Smog

d)

Bronchitis

16.

Conservation is the overuse of natural resources.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

17.

Reforestation is the planting of of trees to REPAIR degraded lands.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

18.

_____________________is the careful and responsible management of a resource.

a)

Harm

b)

Urbanization

c)

Stewardship

d)

Ecologist

19.

What is an invasive species?

a)

Release of no longer wanted animals.

b)

Polluted with human wastes and trash.

c)

An alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.

20.

What are some solutions to over-fishing?

a)

Aquaculture, catch and release, limit or prohibit fishing.

b)

Go on vacation and fish as much as possible.

c)

Stop eating any fish and eat more beef.

21.

How do dams affect the environment?

a)

Change the flow of water for downstream ecosystems.

b)

Change natural ebbs and flows of rivers.

c)

Effect how sediments are moved on the landscape.

d)

All of the above.