WorksheetsUnit 4 Human Impacts
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 11mins
_________________is the growth of towns and cities when people move from rural areas.
Density
Urbanization
Distribution
Supply and demand
_________________water that is frozen in a layer of soil.
Core
Hydroelectric
Aquifer
Permafrost
________________pollution that comes from ONE specific site.
Point source
Non-point source
Eutrophication
Chemical
_______________is the increase in the amount of nutrients in water.
Biological pollution
Wastewater
Eutrophication
Acid rain
________________pollution that comes from many small sources.
Point source
Non-point source
Water
_________________is water that is safe to drink.
Potable
Dissolved
Turbidity
Ph level
____________________is a body of water that usually forms behind a dam.
Aqueducts
canals
Reservoir
Lake
_____________________is the process by which human activity and natural processes damage the land.
Urban sprawl
Erosion
Land degradation
Urbanization
_______________________is the process by which land becomes more like a desert and unable to support life.
Deforestation
Desertification
Eutrophication
Degradation
_____________________is the removal of trees and other vegetation.
Deforestation
Desertification
Erosion
Canopy
__________________is the way certain gasses are re-radiated and trapped in the environment.
Atmosphere
Greenhouse effect
Ultraviolet radiation
Participate
____________________is a tiny particle of solid that is suspended in the air or water.
Exhaust
Sulfur dioxide
Ozone
Particulate
____________________forms when ground level ozone and vehicle exhaust react in the presence of sunlight.
Pollution
Particulates
Smog
Acid rain
_________________is rain, sleet, or snow that contains acids from air pollution.
Smog
Exhaust
Urbanization
Acid Precipitation
_________________level is the measurement of how clean or polluted what we breathe is.
Air quality
Exhaust
Smog
Bronchitis
Conservation is the overuse of natural resources.
True
False
Maybe
Reforestation is the planting of of trees to REPAIR degraded lands.
True
False
Maybe
_____________________is the careful and responsible management of a resource.
Harm
Urbanization
Stewardship
Ecologist
What is an invasive species?
Release of no longer wanted animals.
Polluted with human wastes and trash.
An alien species whose introduction does or is likely to cause economic or environmental harm or harm to human health.
What are some solutions to over-fishing?
Aquaculture, catch and release, limit or prohibit fishing.
Go on vacation and fish as much as possible.
Stop eating any fish and eat more beef.
How do dams affect the environment?
Change the flow of water for downstream ecosystems.
Change natural ebbs and flows of rivers.
Effect how sediments are moved on the landscape.
All of the above.
