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Article: Human Impact on Earth

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Question 19

19.

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

done nothing

doubled

tripled

quadrupled

Question 20

20.

How many states are anticipated to have water shortages by 2024

10

20

30

40

all 50

Question 1

1.

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

Positive

Negative

No effect

Question 2

2.

What does the article say has damaged many ecosystems?

Recycling

increased water consumption

Conserving water

pollution

Gas cars

Changing the way we live

Changing the products we use

Question 3

3.

What does the article say can help reduce our impact?

Recycling

increased water consumption

Conserving water

pollution

Gas cars

Changing the way we live

Changing the products we use

Question 4

4.

How long have modern humans been around?

100,000 years

10,000 years 

30,000 years

300,000 years

Question 5

5.

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

25%

75%

57%

90%

Question 6

6.

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

50%

100%

57%

23%

Question 7

7.

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

18th

19th

20th

21st

Question 8

8.

How many people are there predicted to be by 2030?

6 billion

7.3 billion

8 billion

8.6 billion

Question 9

9.

What is the slogan for Recycling?

Repurpose, Reown, Recycle 

Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse

Reuse, reown, repurpose

Redo, reuse, reown

Question 10

10.

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

True

False

Question 11

11.

What is the most effective way to reduce waste?

Not drive gas cars

Share things

Not create new products

Not throw our trash out 

Question 12

12.

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

Share houses

Using reusable silverware 

Using reusable glass jars

Using disposable items

Using plastic bottles

Recyling plastic

Question 13

13.

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

3.8 billion

8.3 billion

8.1 billion

3.1 billion

Question 14

14.

Where does 60% of the plastic end up?

oceans

landfill or environment

recycling bin

trashcans

Question 15

15.

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

True

False

Question 16

16.

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

8 thousand

10 thousand

8 million

10 million

Question 17

17.

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

True

False

Question 18

18.

Plastic can fully disappear

True

False