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REVIEW FOR HUMAN IMPACT
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19. UV exposure, Increased mutations
20. Hydrocarbons – decrease pesticides use & auto exhaust.
Sulfur Dioxide – decrease burning of fossil fuel.
CO2 – Decrease in car usage & deforestation
CFC’s – use alternatives
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The grain crops decreased OR
Fewer cattle were killed.
22. Air pollution, acid rain,
global warming
23. Hydro (water)
24. coal, oil
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The pH decreases, Acid in lakes increases, pH decreases
from 6.8-4.8, decreases animal population
May move through the food web.
May change the pH of water
May kill organisms
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30. Purple loosestrife – crowd out other
plants
Zebra mussel – outcompete native species
Brown tree snake – eat herbivores etc…
31. Pass laws & increase public awareness
32. No competition, could become top predator, increase in food
33-34. 33. Doesn’t allow for recycling of nutrients & takes up landfill space.
34. Decrease in; biodiversity, O2, energy & increase in CO2
35. * Damage ocean habitats & cause pollution from spills.
* Create jobs, keep prices low, increase oil supply
36. - Plant trees, preserve habitats, recycle, do not import foreign species.
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Leads to food shortage, a decrease in materials for building, medicines
& research.
38. • Increase people use more resources = less resources available
• Decrease waste in landfills
Recycling keeps resources available
Resources last longer
• water, wood/paper, soil, glass, cans, plastic
39. Cargo ships traveling to the Great Lakes from the Caspian Sea in Eurasia often
carry water in tanks known as ballast tanks. This water helps the ships to be more
stable while crossing the ocean. Upon arrival in the Great Lakes, this water is pumped
out of the ships. Often this water contains species that are not native to the Great
Lakes environment. The zebra mussel is one species that was introduced into the Great
Lakes in this way.
Although large numbers of zebra mussels often clog water intake pipes of power plants
and other industries, the mussels have a benefit. Each mussel filters about a quart of
water per day, absorbing cancer-causing PCB’s from lake water in the process.
The goby, a bottom-feeding fish from Europe, was introduced into the Great Lakes in a
similar way a few years later. The gobies have become a dominant species in the Great
Lakes, eating small zebra mussels and the eggs and young of other fish. Gobies are
eaten by large sport fish. These sport fish have been tested and PCB’s have been found
in their tissues. Recommendations have been made that people limit the number of
sport fish they eat.
• From ballast tanks of cargo ships
• They clog pipes, disrupt the food chain & eat fish eggs.
• Zebra mussels filter PCB’s from lake water & gobies eat small zebra
mussels. Then they are eaten by larger sport fish.