Human Impact Unit Vocabulary Test

Climate change is _______________________

• is not proven to be true

• long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns

• only a change in temperature

• the weather pattern in one day

Planting trees to replace the ones that have been removed is __________________.

• reforestation

• conservation

• reclamation

• deforestion

Rain or snow that has a lower PH than that of normal rainwater is called ____________.

• groundwater

• climate change

• particulate matter

• acid rain

Beavers create their own out of sticks and mud as protection from predators.  What is it?

• erosion

• dead zone

• aquifer

• dam

Minerals, trees, water and soil are all examples of ____________.

• population

• natural resources

• ozone layer

• climate

Smog is _______________________________.

• too much algae in the ocean

• the thawing of glaciers

• rising sea levels

• widespread polluted air that comes from smoke and fog

• a rise in Earth's temperature

The troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere are examples of our __________________.

• dead zones

• air pollution

• atmosphere

• groundwater

About one-third of an average dump is made up of packaging material.  This is a fact about _____________.

• biospheres

• landfills

• urbanization

• hazardous waste

A rise in Earth's average surface temperature is describing ______________________.

• run off

• acid rain

• global warming

• pollution

Plastic bottles, buckets, and frisbees are all examples of ________________.

• greenhouse gases

• smog

• plastic refuse

• particulate matter