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Human Impact on the Environment

Human Impact on the Environment

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Biology

9th Grade

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Hard

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in: groundwater, streams and rivers, oceans, or all of these choices.

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All of these choices

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming? Options: Carbon dioxide, Water vapor, Methane, Nitric oxides

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Carbon dioxide

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which historical event most likely triggered the largest increase in the human population? Options: the Black Death plague, the domestication of wheat crops, the fall of the Roman Empire, the Industrial Revolution.

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the Industrial Revolution, which began in the late 1700s

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the most dramatic result of deforestation?

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loss of habitat for approximately 70% of the world's species

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Which has the least negative impact on wildlife habitat? Options: agriculture, development, deforestation, recreation

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recreation

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are some reasons deforestation occurs?

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clearing land for agriculture, ranching, and mining

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Carbon is released into the atmosphere through all of the following ways except: respiration, cow flatulence, photosynthesis, all of the above

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photosynthesis

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