Human Impact on the Environment

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Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources? Options: deforestation, removing carnivores from a forest, recycling, heating homes with fossil fuels

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recycling

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Increased industrialization will most likely

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decrease available habitats

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Which human activity is correctly paired with its likely future consequence? Options: overfishing in the Atlantic — increase in supply of flounder and salmon as food for people, development of electric cars or hybrid vehicles — increased rate of global warming, use of fossil fuels — depletion of underground coal, oil, and natural gas supplies, genetically engineering animals — less food available to feed the world’s population

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use of fossil fuels — depletion of underground coal, oil, and natural gas supplies

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In which of the following ways can Albert best reduce the resources he currently consumes? Options: Use paper grocery bags as gift wrap, Ride a bike to work instead of taking his car, Subscribe to a daily rather than a weekly newspaper, Use an organic rather than synthetic fertilizer in his garden.

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Ride a bike to work instead of taking his car

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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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What are renewable resources?

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Resources that can replenish themselves over time

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Global warming has been linked to a decrease in: the size of the polar ice caps, the temperature of Earth, the rate of species extinction, the rate of carbon dioxide production.

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the size of the polar ice caps

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Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources? Options: deforestation, removing carnivores from a forest, recycling, heating homes with fossil fuels

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recycling

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What would most likely affect the acidity of a local stream?

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a new source of air pollution 

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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