IMPACT OF HUMAN ACTIVITIES IN AN ECOSYSTEM

1. 1. Which of the following is one way of practice where a single crop, livestock species, or plant of one species that are genetically uniform are grown at a time?

•      a. Monoculture    

• b. Using Fertilizer    

• c. Using Pesticide    

• d. Throwing Garbage

2. Which of the following is a positive effect of using chemical fertilizers?

• a. Produce toxicity and pollution           

• b. Increase harvest yields

•      c. Results in depleted soils                   

• d. Interfere with natural soil ecology

People’s effect on their environment can be brought about by some of their activities, which include:

• a. Logging and extensive kaingin         

• b. Throwing waste into the bodies of water

• c. Wasteful use of natural resources    

• d. All of these

Which of the following is a negative effect of using insecticides and herbicides?

•     a. Improved crop and livestock quality and increased crop and livestock yields.

•     b. Domestic animal contamination and deaths.

•     c. Reduced international spread of disease

• d. Food Security

Which of the following is the best that you can do to minimize human impact on the environment?

• a. Organic farming                                

• b. Planting trees    

• c. Recycling and segregating waste     

• d. All of the above

6-10. Suggest 5 ways to minimize human impact on the environment.