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HUMAN IMPACT TEST- Chapter 6
MULTIPLE CHOICE:
Circle the answer that best completes the statement.
The development of highly productive crop strains and the use of modern agriculture techniques to
increase yields of food crops is called the _____________ Revolution.
A. Industrial
B. GPS
C. CITES
D. Green
A resource that CAN’T be replenished by natural processes is called ________________
A. common
B. nonrenewable
C. renewable
D. recyclable
When land development divides a habitat into isolated “islands”, it is called________________
A. deforestation
B. acid rain
C. biological magnification
D. habitat fragmentation
Using renewable resources while ensuring that they are not depleted is a practice called ____________
A. sustainable development
B. use it or lose it
C. biological magnification
D. monoculture
Which of these is NOT caused by burning fossil fuels?
A. acid rain
B. global warming
C. ozone depletion
D. smog
The ________________ biodiversity there is, the healthier an ecosystem is.
A. more
B. less
Ozone is made up of three_____________________ atoms.
A. water
B. oxygen
C. hydrogen
D. nitrogen
Ozone depletion has been caused by _______________________________
A. burning fossil fuels
B. urban sprawl
C. using CFC’s in aerosols, refrigerators, and air conditioners
D. deforestation of rainforests
Dead zones are caused by ___________________________.
A. using aerosols with CFC’s
B. fertilizer and animal waste runoff
C. drought
D. burning fossil fuels
Rabbits in Australia, zebra mussels and leafy spurge in South Dakota are all examples of
A. invasive species
B. endangered species
C. biofuels
D. biodiversity hot spots
Name the pesticide that concentrated in the body of eagles and caused them to lay eggs with weak shells
so they became endangered.
A. EPA
B. DDT
C. CITES
D. CFC’s
What gas protects us from the sun’s ultraviolet rays?
A. OZONE
B. CARBON DIOXIDE
C. METHANE
D. NITROGEN
Which of the following environmental problems was the Montreal Protocol intended to help?
A. acid rain
B. global warming
C. deforestation
D. ozone depletion
Which of the following environmental problems was the Kyoto Accord intended to help?
A. acid rain
B. global warming
C. deforestation
D. ozone depletion
What is happening in Copenhagen this December?
A. Countries are meeting to decide on a plan to replace the Kyoto Accord.
B, Scientists are meeting to tell why the problem of global warming is improving.
C. Countries are meeting to get rid of the Montreal Protocol because its not working.
The governmental agency that monitors and enforces environmental regulations, provides
education on environmental issues, conducts environmental research, and provides funding for
environmental programs is the ___________
A. CITES
B. DDT
C. EPA
D. CFC
A ___________________________ resource is a necessity of life which can regenerate quickly and that
is replaceable.
A. renewable
B. nonrenewable
Look at the food web at the right and tell which of the
following organisms would accumulate the highest levels of
pesticide that was sprayed in this ecosystem.
A. rabbit
B. hawk
C. frog
D. grass
This is an
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example of ____________________
dead zones
acid rain
biological magnification
burning fossil fuels
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Match the vocab word with its definition
______ The sum total of all the variety of organisms on Earth
A. POLLUTANT
______ The agricultural method of planting large fields with
a single variety year after year
B. CARBON FOOTPRINT
C. MONOCULTURE
______ The total set of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and
indirectly by an individual, organization, event or product
_______ Any source of usable energy intended to replace fossil fuel
sources without the undesired consequences of fossil fuels
______ Any harmful material that can enter the biosphere through
land, water, or air
D. BIODIVERSITY
E. ALTERNATIVE ENERGY
PROBLEMS
Match the problem with its description
______ The destruction of forests
A. EROSION
______ Runoff from fertilizers and farm waste into the
ocean that causes the death of plants and animals
B. DEFORESTATION
C. DEAD ZONE
______ The increasing concentration of a harmful substance in
organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or web
D. ACID RAIN
______ Wearing away of the surface soil by water and wind
when plants are removed and roots don’t anchor the soil.
E. GREAT GARBAGE GYRE
F. BIOLOGICAL
MAGNIFICATION
______ Giant floating garbage dump in the Pacific Ocean
______ Rain containing nitric and sulfuric acids caused by
burning fossil fuels
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MATCH THE SPECIES VOCAB WORD WITH ITS DEFINITION
_____ a species likely to BECOME ENDANGERED if not protected
A. ENDANGERED
_____ plants or animals that have migrated or been introduced
into places where they are not native and for which there
are no natural predators to control their population
B. THREATENED
_____ a species that has died out and no longer exists
D. EXTINCT
C. INVASIVE
_____ a species whose population size is rapidly declining and
will BECOME EXTINCT if the trend continues without intervention
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LABEL THE FOLLOWING WITH R if it is a RENEWABLE resource
LABEL THE FOLLOWING WITH N if it is a NONRENEWABLE resource.
_______ solar energy
_______ a tree
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_______ water
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BONUS:
Name an animal that WAS ENDANGERED and has since RECOVERED__________________________
Name the giant aquifer that supplies water for
drinking and farming to much of the Midwest
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