Article: Human Impact on Earth

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20 questions
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What kind of impact has the exponential growth of the human population had on the environment since the Industrial Revolution?

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What does the article say has damaged many ecosystems?

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What does the article say can help reduce our impact?

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How long have modern humans been around?

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During the mid 1700s how much did the popualtion grow by?

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100 years after the Industrial Revolution, how much did the world population grow by?

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Before the start of what century did the world grow to 6 billion people?

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How many people are there predicted to be by 2030?

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What is the slogan for Recycling?

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Raw materials from the Earth and energy are needed to create, package, and transport new products to stores and homes

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What is the most effective way to reduce waste?

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Click all the ways to reduce the amount of waste produced?

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How much plastic is estimated to have been produced since the 1950s?

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Where does 60% of the plastic end up?

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The rate of plastic production has grown slower than any other material even though we have become addicted to single-use plastic products

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How many tons of plastic end up the ocean every year?

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Many rivers carry the plastic to the ocean which then have a negative impact on our wetland and marine ecosystems

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Plastic can fully disappear

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The U.S population has __________ over the past 50 years

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How many states are anticipated to have water shortages by 2024