Human Impact on the Environment

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Which of the following is NOT related to biodiversity? Options: species diversity, genetic diversity, climate diversity, ecosystem diversity

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climate diversity

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Which of the following is NOT a possible result of decreasing biodiversity? Options: increased ecosystem stability, extinctions, loss of natural resources, loss of potential foods & medicines

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increased ecosystem stability

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Which of the following issues is the cause of the other environmental impacts caused by humans? Options: pollution, human population growth, climate change, habitat destruction

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human population growth

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Which of the following is a finite resource? Options: solar energy, wind energy, trees, fossil fuels

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fossil fuels

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Which of the following ecological problems is NOT the result of burning fossil fuels? global warming, ozone depletion, climate change, acid rain

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ozone depletion

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Which trophic level in a food web would accumulate the LEAST amount of a toxin, such as methylmercury or DDT? Options: autotrophs, primary consumers, herbivores, secondary consumers

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autotrophs

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Which of the following is NOT a method of energy conservation? Options: taking public transportation to work (bus, subway), riding your bike to work, walking to work, driving alone in your car to work

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driving alone in your car to work

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Human impact on the environment is often more dramatic than the impact of most other living things because humans have a greater ability to alter the environment.

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ability to alter the environment

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Fertilizers used to improve lawns and gardens may interfere with the equilibrium of an ecosystem because they

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can be carried into local water supplies

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The tall wetland plant, purple loosestrife, was brought from Europe to the United States in the early 1800s as a garden plant. The plant's growth is now so widespread across the United States that it is crowding out a number of native plants. This situation is an example of

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an unintended effect of adding a species to an ecosystem