Watershed and Human Activity

Which of these activities is most likely to cause the excess growth of phytoplankton?

• The logging of old growth forrest causing erosion

• The spraying of chemical herbicides that reduce carbon dioxide

• Chemical fertilizers that are carried off in runoff to the rivers.

• The mining of fossil fuels that require digging underground tunnels

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How does human activity affect watersheds?

• Human activity can improve the health of watersheds.

• Human activity can affect watersheds through pollution, habitat destruction, altered flow patterns, and loss of biodiversity.

• Human activity has no impact on watersheds.

• Human activity only affects small, isolated areas within watersheds.

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What is the purpose of a watershed management plan?

• The purpose of a watershed management plan is to increase pollution in water resources within a specific watershed area.

• The purpose of a watershed management plan is to promote industrial development within a specific watershed area.

• The purpose of a watershed management plan is to privatize water resources within a specific watershed area.

• The purpose of a watershed management plan is to protect and manage water resources within a specific watershed area.

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How can individuals help protect and conserve watersheds?

• By reducing water usage, properly disposing of waste, planting trees and vegetation, and participating in community clean-up efforts.

• By wasting water, littering and polluting, destroying trees and vegetation, and avoiding community clean-up efforts.

• By ignoring water usage, not caring about waste disposal, removing trees and vegetation, and refusing to participate in community clean-up efforts.

• By increasing water usage, improperly disposing of waste, cutting down trees and vegetation, and avoiding community clean-up efforts.

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What is the impact of deforestation on watersheds?

• Deforestation has no impact on watersheds.

• Deforestation can lead to increased erosion, altered water flow, and loss of biodiversity in watersheds.

• Deforestation can improve the health of watersheds.

• Deforestation only affects small, isolated areas within watersheds.

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What are the effects of urbanization on watersheds?

• Urbanization has no impact on watersheds.

• Urbanization can lead to increased pollution, altered water flow, and loss of biodiversity in watersheds.

• Urbanization can improve the health of watersheds.

• Urbanization only affects small, isolated areas within watersheds.

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What are some ways in which watersheds can be restored?

• By increasing pollution, destroying vegetation, and disrupting water flow.

• By reducing pollution, planting vegetation, and regulating water flow.

• Watersheds cannot be restored.

• By ignoring pollution, removing vegetation, and altering water flow.

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What is a watershed?

• A type of hat worn by farmers

• A type of rock formation

• A type of fish found in rivers

• An area of land where all the water drains into the same place.

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Why are watersheds important?

• Watersheds only provide water for industrial use.

• Watersheds have no impact on the environment.

• Watersheds are not important for maintaining ecosystems.

• Watersheds are important for providing clean drinking water, supporting biodiversity, and regulating the water cycle.

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What are ways in which human activity negatively impacts the earth?

• changing water flow

• desertification

• urbanization

• deforestation

• pollution

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