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WorksheetsHuman Footprint
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which of the following shows how human activity negatively impacts an ecosystem (ex. forest)?
Chopping down trees for buildings takes away animal habitats.
Planting trees adding shelter for animals.
Adding signs to mark sea turtle nest locations on a beach.
All the populations in an area that interact are called a
environment
home
conservation
community
When humans prevent waste or loss, it is known as
reduction
destruction
conservation
construction
To reprocess a waste material and make it useful again
conservation
recycling
pollution
environment
Using resources at at rate which ensures those resources will be around for future generations is called:
Ecological Deficit
Ecological Footprint
Biocapacity
Sustainability
Sustainability is making sure that the planet and its resources can continue to provide life.
True
False
Each year, billions of people use plastic bags. Due to this, the plastic bags end up in our oceans. The plastic is greatly impacting (hurting) the marine ecosystem. How could we solve this problem?
People can use paper bags.
People can use reusable bags.
People can continue to use plastic bags because they do not hurt the environment.
What is vegetation?
All the plants found in a particular area.
Something valuable that we can use.
A small body of freshwater that flows into a river
T/F: The average American has the one of the greatest ecological footprints compared to the global average.
True
False
Kudzu is an example of what?
Pioneer species
Invasive species
Chloroflurocarbons
All of the above
What is the name for the trapping of heat by gases in the atmosphere.
gas shield
ecological footprints
carbon footprint
greenhouse effect
