Human Impact

A paper company wants to build a paper mill in the watershed where a village exists.

In order to minimize potential pollution to the village, which of the following locations is the best to build the mill?

• At the highest point in the watershed

• Downstream from the village

• Closest to a source of the river.

• Nearest to the main street of the village

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The layer of ozone in the upper atmosphere of Earth is important to life because it shields Earth from

• solar winds

• impacts from meteors.

• changes in temperature.

• ultraviolet radiation.

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Conserving natural resources is important. All of the following are ways to conserve resources EXCEPT -

• using less plastic in packaging

• recycling a glass jar

• throwing away trash

• reusing a shoebox

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Which of the following provides an example of an interaction between the hydrosphere and geosphere?

• Burrowing animals, such as groundhogs, dig holes in the ground to create tunnels.

• A delta is formed at the mouth of a river as sediment is carried downstream.

• Gases are released into the air when a volcano eruption takes place.

• Air masses cool and condense as they rise in altitude over the ocean.

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A resource would be classified as sustainable if

• the resource produces nothing harmful to living things.

• humans use this resource nearly every day.

• the resource can be renewed in a human lifetime.

• the resource was discovered relatively recently.

Turbidity is a measure of water's

• saltiness.

• acidity.

• temperature.

• cloudiness.

________ is the layer of gases that surrounds the planet.

• biosphere

• geosphere

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

The ____________includes of Earth’s rock, soil, and sand. It also includes the crust and core of the Earth.

• atmosphere

• geosphere

• biosphere

• hydrosphere

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The _____________ is all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere

• biosphere

• geosphere

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When the pH of water is too low, water is considered to be

• acidic.

• basic.

• normal.