Earth and Human Activity - Lesson 1

wide variety of life on the planet

• biomagnification
• indicator species
• invasive species
• biodiversity

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One way that humans could have a positive impact on local environments is to:

• generate waste products as a result of technological advances
• use resources that are renewable
• increase planting large areas of one crop
• increase the use of pesticides

All of the following are examples of some resources that are recycled through living things and the environment by NATURAL processes EXCEPT _____________.

• Water

• Oxygen

• Plastic

• Nitrogen

• Carbon Dioxide

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What does biodiversity mean?

• An increase in the density of people living in urban areas, often leads to the destruction of natural habits.

• The number and variety of organisms in a given area during a period time.

• All of the populations of species that lives in the same habitat.

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Demography is the scientific study of

• parasitism and disease.
• modernized countries.
• human populations.
• none of these

About 500 years ago, the world’s population started

• decreasing.
• to reach carrying capacity.
• growing more rapidly.
• to level off.

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The human population experienced exponential growth just after

• agriculture began.
• plowing and irrigation began.
• the bubonic plague began.
• the Industrial Revolution began.

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The anticipated human population by the year 2050 is about

• 7.8 billion.
• 9 billion.
• 9 trillion.
• 78 billion.

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In Rwanda, there are more young children than teenagers, and more teenagers than adults. This age structure indicates a population that

• has stopped growing.
• will double in 30 years.
• has a steady growth rate.
• will decrease in 30 years.

In countries like India, the human population is growing

• exponentially.
• transitionally.
• logistically.
• demographically.

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