Human Impact on the Environment

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What results when nitrogen and sulfur-containing compounds mix with water in the atmosphere?

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acid rain

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An increase in which gas is primarily responsible for increased global warming? water vapor, nitric oxides, methane, carbon dioxide

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carbon dioxide

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Continued depletion of the ozone layer will most likely result in:

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an increase in skin cancer among humans

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What is the most dramatic result of deforestation?

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

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Pollution can cause harm to: water, air, land, all of the above

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all of the above

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What causes smog?

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the interaction of sunlight with pollutants produced by fossil fuels

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Problem caused by increased levels of CFC's in the atmosphere?

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ozone depletion

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Fishermen have harvested certain fish to the point where the population of that fish is decreasing. This level of direct harvesting could cause:

• the restoration of environmental stability
• ecosystems to be improved for future generations
• ecosystems to be severely damaged
• all other fish species to increase in number

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ecosystems to be severely damaged

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What is a likely consequence of humans cutting down a forest to use natural resources?

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the destruction of habitats

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Increased industrialization will most likely:
- decrease global warming
- increase the stability of ecosystems
- increase environmental carrying capacity
- decrease available habitats

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decrease available habitats

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