Human Impact on Earth Test - Stacey Jenkins | Knihovna

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Which action is harmful to the environment?

buying products with less packaging

throwing glass, plastic, and aluminum into the garbage

using natural (biological) pest controls

planting more trees

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The individuals of one species in the same place at the same time is a(n) ____________________.

community

environment

population

organism

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Which of the following environments would best withstand climate change with higher temperatures?

Antarctica with a limited number of species currently living there.

A desert with that has few plants.

A rainforest with many differents species.

A region of high elevation mountains with low oxygen levels.

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Advancements in modern medicine have led to ________________.

increased human population

reduced human population

maintaining the human population

adaptations in the human population

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An increase in the frog population has been a ____________________ for the fly population.

carrying capacity

biodiversity

limiting factor

increasing factor

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Deforestation causes ______________________________.

increased carbon dioxide levels

decreased carbon dioxide levels

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Which of the following would NOT be considered organic farming?

Attracting bats to eat the insects that are on crops

Using horse manure for fertilizer

Spraying chemical pesticides over crops

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Looking at the data from a 3 day sample, which pond ecosystem has the greatest biodiversity?

Pond A

Pond B

Pond C

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Which of the following would most likely ensure the survival of prairie grasses?

If each species of grass was exactly the same color.

If each species of grass grows to the same height.

If there are variations from one species to the next.

If there were limited variations from one species to the next.

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What is biodiversity?

the variety of living things in an area

limiting the differences among living things in an area

encouraging communities to control the bug population

the study of differences among insects

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If an ecosystem has high biodiversity and no species has reached its carrying capacity, what would you expect to find with the resources in an area?

The organisms in the area will have enough resources to be healthy.

The organisms in the area would be starving due to competition over food resources.

The amount of water would be decreasing, as any population will reduce resources.

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This is the largest number of individuals of one species the environment will support.

population limit

holding space

carrying capacity

maximum capacity

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Which is an effect of paving streets and parking lots?

increased ground water supplies

increased runoff to streams and other low lying areas

increased rainfall and stormy weather

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Which of the following would reduce our need for landfill space.

recycling all paper

purchasing products with lots of plastic packaging

using styrofoam plates

throwing recyclable materials in the garbage

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A decrease in rain in an area that was previously a forest might be a result of ____________.

recycling efforts

cutting down trees

wind turbines

solar panels

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An example of a fossil fuel is ____________.

coal

solar

wind

nuclear

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Population explosion refers to the ________.

estimated world population in 2025

number of people who live in poverty

world population in 1810

increased rate at which the population is growing

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A growing population puts demands on the land for ________.

food

living space

landfills for trash

all of the above

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Composting means piling up grass and leaves so they can be _____.

collected for the landfill

allowed to gradually decompose

collected for cattle feed

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________ is the careful use of resources to reduce damage to the environment.

Conservation

Pollution

Overgrazing

Deforestation