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Human influences on the environment

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Reasons for the increase in carbon dioxide in our atmosphere?

a)

Increased burning of fossil fuels

b)

Increased use of renewable energy

c)

Deforestation

2.

Name a greenhouse gas

(a)  

3.

Increased amount of greenhouse gases is causing ................... ................................

(a)  

4.

Problems with global warming?

a)

Polar ice caps melting = rise in sea levels

b)

Rise in sea temperatures

c)

Increased rainfall

d)

Increased number of pests in new places

5.

The greenhouse gas methane is produced in large amounts by?

a)

Burning of fossil fuels

b)

Decomposition of waste by microorganisms

c)

Cows

6.

Carbon monoxide is formed from the incomplete (a)   of fossil fuels

7.

Carbon monoxide irreversibly binds to (a)   in our RBC's

8.

When sulphur dioxide is released from the burning of fossil fuels, it combines with water droplets in the air to form .............. .........

(a)  

9.

Growth of a small moss-like organism called (a)   can indicate levels of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere

10.

Problems with deforestation?

a)

Increased release of greenhouse gases = global warming

b)

More carbon dioxide taken in from the environment = reduced greenhouse effect

c)

Increased biodiversity due to increased number of habitats

11.

Problems with pollution of sewage?

a)

Makes water safer to drink due to the pathogenic bacteria

b)

Increased amount of oxygen

c)

Increased amount of aerobic bacteria which reduce the amount of oxygen in the water

12.

When nutrients enter a body of water from the soil?

(a)  

13.

When nutrients that are soluble in water are washed from the soil into a body of water?

(a)  

14.

When huge numbers of algae grow at the surface of the water, this is called?

(a)  

15.

Leaching of nitrates and phosphate ions from soil that has been recently fertilised into a nearby river causes algal bloom as algae can grow rapidly at the surface of the water whereas previously nitrate concentration was stopping that. This algal bloom reduces the amount of (a)   that enters the water and algae at the bottom of the river die.

16.

Algal bloom stops algae and plants at the bottom of the river from carrying out the reaction (a)  

17.

Increased algal death and plants at the bottom of the river results in an increase in the numbers of decomposers which use up (a)   , meaning less available for fish and other aerobic organisms, meaning they die

18.

This type of fertiliser is less soluble and reduces the chance of eutrophication?

a)

Organic

b)

Inorganic