Human Impact on the Environment

Which of the following is an example of a non-renewable resource?

• Solar Energy

• Wind Energy

• Hydro Energy

• Fossil Fuel Energy

Explain how deforestation affects the environment and biodiversity.

• Deforestation causes habitat loss, disrupts ecosystems, contributes to climate change, and increases soil erosion and flooding risk.

• Deforestation promotes diverse plant growth

• Deforestation leads to higher oxygen levels in the atmosphere

• Deforestation has no impact on environment or biodiversity

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What are the consequences of overfishing on marine ecosystems?

• Enhanced fish populations

• Depletion of fish populations, disruption of food chains, alteration of ecosystems, and economic losses.

• Increase in biodiversity

• Stabilization of ecosystems

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Discuss the importance of recycling and reducing waste in minimizing human impact on the environment.

• Using more plastic products

• Increasing deforestation

• Eating more junk food

• Recycling and reducing waste are essential for conserving resources, reducing pollution, decreasing energy consumption, and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions.

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Which is NOT a positive impact on Earth's water?

• fixing a dripping faucet

• disposing of chemicals properly

• increasing fertilizer runoff

• increasing recycling

Carbon dioxide is given off when gas, oil, and coal are burned.

• True

• False

A nonrenewable resource is...

• not replaced within a relatively short time frame

• either always available or is naturally replaced in a relatively short time

• the removal of trees

• the removal of the top layer of dirt, exposing the minerals or ore underneath

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Deforestation is...

• helpful to the land

• removing the the top layer of dirt

• a process that creates more oxygen

• the removal of forests to use the land for other reasons

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Mining is...

• Creates human structures

• is renewable

• removes the top layer of dirt, exposing the minerals or ore underneath, or making tunnels to obtain the ore.

• is helpful for farmers

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Pollution can be found __________________________.

• in the air

• on the land

• in the water

• all of these answers

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