Human Impact on the Environment Test Review

Deforestation can lead to *

• loss of animal habitats

• soil erosion

• increases in Earth’s average surface temperature

• all of the above

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Why do we need to find an alternative to fossil fuels? *

• Fossil Fuels decrease the effects of global warming.

• Fossil Fuels decrease the greenhouse effect.

• Fossil Fuels increase biodiversity.

• Fossil Fuels increase particulate matter in the air.

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Runoff from construction sites, which can contain excess sediment, reduces the amount of oxygen available for photosynthetic organisms in ponds.

• True

• False

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Which is one way for individual citizens to have a positive impact on air quality?

• Taking public transportation

• Recycling plastics

• Using renewable sources of energy

• All of the above

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Photochemical smog is the result of nitrogen and carbon, often from car exhaust, reacting in sunlight. Which describes something that would likely decrease the amount of smog over time?

• a decrease in gasoline prices

• an increase in the number of cars on the road

• a decrease in the price of cars

• an increase in cars that use gasoline efficiently

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The use of renewable energy resources rather than burning fossil fuels helps ________ air pollution.

• reduce
• increase

• both increase and reduce

• neither increase or reduce

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Groundwater pumping for urban water supply and for irrigation can produce new ________.

• aquifers

• sinkholes

• pesticides

• urbanization

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Which of the following is Not a source of the excessive CFCs in the atmosphere?

• Aerosoles

• Insulation Materials

• Refrigerators

• Algae

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Which best describes something that would decrease the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?

• Increasing the size of a landfill

• Increasing the size of a wetland

• Increasing the size of a national forest

• Decreasing the size of an oil spill

Natural resources are saved, and damage to the environment is decreased by reducing, reusing, and recycling.

• True

• False

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