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WorksheetsHuman influences on the environment
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 16mins
Reasons for the increase in carbon dioxide in our atmosphere?
Increased burning of fossil fuels
Increased use of renewable energy
Deforestation
Name a greenhouse gas
(a)
Increased amount of greenhouse gases is causing ................... ................................
(a)
Problems with global warming?
Polar ice caps melting = rise in sea levels
Rise in sea temperatures
Increased rainfall
Increased number of pests in new places
The greenhouse gas methane is produced in large amounts by?
Burning of fossil fuels
Decomposition of waste by microorganisms
Cows
Carbon monoxide is formed from the incomplete (a) of fossil fuels
Carbon monoxide irreversibly binds to (a) in our RBC's
When sulphur dioxide is released from the burning of fossil fuels, it combines with water droplets in the air to form .............. .........
(a)
Growth of a small moss-like organism called (a) can indicate levels of sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere
Problems with deforestation?
Increased release of greenhouse gases = global warming
More carbon dioxide taken in from the environment = reduced greenhouse effect
Increased biodiversity due to increased number of habitats
Problems with pollution of sewage?
Makes water safer to drink due to the pathogenic bacteria
Increased amount of oxygen
Increased amount of aerobic bacteria which reduce the amount of oxygen in the water
When nutrients enter a body of water from the soil?
(a)
When nutrients that are soluble in water are washed from the soil into a body of water?
(a)
When huge numbers of algae grow at the surface of the water, this is called?
(a)
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.
Algal bloom stops algae and plants at the bottom of the river from carrying out the reaction (a)
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
This type of fertiliser is less soluble and reduces the chance of eutrophication?
Organic
Inorganic
