Lessons on Human Impacts on the Environment

Which of the following helped humans live longer after the Industrial Revolution?

• Improved medicine
• Improved technologies
• Improved nutrition
• All of the above

Why did bison almost go extinct in the late 1800s?

• Disease
• Overhunting
• Climate change
• Ice Age

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Why did humans overhunt the Caribbean monk seal to extinction?

• For their fur
• For their blubber
• For their bones
• For their flippers

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Which of the following helps protect species from extinction?

• Laws and policies
• Wildlife refuges
• Conservation efforts
• All of the above

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Which is a major environmental concern for our oceans?

• Oxygen pollution
• Nutrient pollution
• Plastic pollution
• Air pollution

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Which is a nonrenewable natural resource?

• Trees
• Solar energy
• Oil
• Oxygen

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What is the name of the fuel made from plants?

• Solar energy
• Biofuel
• Oil
• Gasoline

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Which of the following resources are in high demand due to large human populations?

• Oil
• Water
• Trees
• All of the above

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Which of the following resources pollutes our environment?

• Oil
• Water
• Trees
• All of the above

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How much water on this planet is freshwater?

• 3%
• 10%
• 22%
• 78%

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