Unit 6: Sustainability

Which is NOT a way to decrease your ecological footprint?

• Eating less meat and processed foods

• Walking or biking to school

• Turning off electricity and water when you're not using it. 

• Driving cars frequently

What has happened to resource consumption in the last several hundred years? / ¿Qué ha ocurrido con el consumo de recursos en los últimos cientos de años?

• it has remained at the same level

• it has decreased dramatically

• it has decreased only slightly

• it has increased dramatically

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Which has the LEAST negative impact on wildlife habitat? / ¿Cuál tiene el MENOR impacto negativo sobre el hábitat de la fauna salvaje?

• agriculture

• development

• deforestation

• recreation

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The carrying capacity of a population is primarily determined by: / La capacidad de carga de una población viene determinada principalmente por:

• the amount of resources it needs

• the amount of species in the environment

• the type of animal

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Scientists agree that the leading cause of climate change is _______ / Los científicos coinciden en que la principal causa del cambio climático es _______

• Natural cycles

• Freezing of the arctic

• Increase of human activities

• Rise of environmentalism

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The Greenhouse Effect: El efecto invernadero:

• Pollutes the Earth

• Keeps crops warm in glass houses

• Keeps earth warm enough for life

• Is decreasing over time

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Certain gases are called 'greenhouse gases because they ____ the Greenhouse Effect. / Algunos gases se denominan "gases de efecto invernadero" porque ____ al "efecto invernadero"

• increase

• decrease

• delete

• save

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The greenhouse gas that humans currently emit the most of is: / El gas de efecto invernadero que más emite el ser humano en la actualidad es:

• methane

• nitrous oxide

• water vapor

• carbon dioxide

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T/F: After transportation, agriculture is the second largest pollutant. / Después del transporte, la agricultura es el segundo mayor contaminante.

• True

• False

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Increased carbon dioxide emissions through human activities causes: (choose ALL that apply) / El aumento de las emisiones de dióxido de carbono debido a las actividades humanas provoca: (elija TODAS las que correspondan)

• Ocean acidification

• melting polar ice and glaciers

• rising global temperatures

• decrease in greenhouse gases

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