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Article: Human Impact on Earth
By Stephanie Anne Berryman
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Question 1
1.
What kind of impact has the exponential growth of the human population had on the environment since the Industrial Revolution?
No effect
Positive
Negative
Question 2
2.
Question 3
3.
Question 4
4.
How long have modern humans been around?
300,000 years
10,000 years
30,000 years
100,000 years
Question 5
5.
During the mid 1700s how much did the popualtion grow by?
57%
90%
75%
25%
Question 6
6.
100 years after the Industrial Revolution, how much did the world population grow by?
57%
100%
50%
23%
Question 7
7.
Before the start of what century did the world grow to 6 billion people?
18th
19th
21st
20th
Question 8
8.
How many people are there predicted to be by 2030?
7.3 billion
8.6 billion
8 billion
6 billion
Question 9
9.
What is the slogan for Recycling?
Reduce, Recycle, and Reuse
Reuse, reown, repurpose
Repurpose, Reown, Recycle
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.
Question 13
13.
How much plastic is estimated to have been produced since the 1950s?
8.3 billion
8.1 billion
3.8 billion
3.1 billion
Question 14
14.
Where does 60% of the plastic end up?
recycling bin
landfill or environment
oceans
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 million
10 thousand
8 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
Question 19
19.
The U.S population has __________ over the past 50 years
doubled
done nothing
quadrupled
tripled
Question 20
20.
How many states are anticipated to have water shortages by 2024
10
40
30
What does the article say has damaged many ecosystems?
Gas cars
increased water consumption
pollution
Changing the way we live
Conserving water
Recycling
Changing the products we use
What does the article say can help reduce our impact?
Conserving water
pollution
Gas cars
increased water consumption
Changing the way we live
Recycling
Changing the products we use
Click all the ways to reduce the amount of waste produced?
Using plastic bottles
Using disposable items
Share houses
Using reusable silverware
Using reusable glass jars
Recyling plastic
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