HUMAN IMPACT

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HUMAN IMPACT
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Whats the Cause?
Vocab
How do we help?
What is it?
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Whats the Cause?100
Depletion of Ozone layer
A What is release of CFCs that destroy ozone ?
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Whats the Cause?200
Dead zones
A What is runoff of fertilizers and animal waste?
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Whats the Cause?300
Eagles laying eggs with fragile shells
A What is DDT in food chain ?
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Whats the Cause?400
Acid rain
A What is burning fossil fuels puts nitrogen
oxides and sulfur oxides in atmosphere ?
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Whats the Cause?500
Global warming
A What is increase in greenhouse gases caused by
burning fossil fuels methane from decomposition
and animals CFCs?
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Vocabulary100
Destruction of forests
A What is deforestation?
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Vocabulary 200
Farming strategy in which large fields are
planted with a single crop variety year after year
A What is MONOCULTURE?
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Vocabulary 300
The sum total of the variety of organisms in the
biosphere It is a measure of the health of an
ecosystem
A What is BIODIVERSITY ?
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Vocabulary 400
Plants or animals that have migrated or been
introduced into places where they are not native
and for which there are no natural predators or
parasites to control their population
A What is an INVASIVE SPECIES?
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Vocabulary 500
Increasing concentration a harmful substance in
organisms at higher trophic levels in a food
chain or web
A What is BIOLOGICAL MAGNIFICATION ?
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How do we help?100
Ozone depletion

A What is Montreal Protocol reduced the
production and use of CFCs ?
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How do we help?200
Soil erosion
A What is No-till contour farming stop
deforestation?
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How do we help?300
Dead zones
A What is reduce runoff from fertilizers and
animal waste?
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How do we help?400
Name an organization that helps the environment
A What is EPA, Greenpeace, National Wildlife
Federation Audubon SocietyWorld Wildlife fund
Sierra Club . . . there are many more.
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How do we help?500
GLOBAL WARMING
A What is Anything that reduces the use of
fossil fuels (conserves water or conserves
electricity)? There are millions of things we
can do!
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What is it?100
Convention on International Trade in Endangered
Species (CITES)
A What is a law that bans trade in products that
come from endangered species
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What is it?200
EPA
A What is ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY the
governmental body whose job it is to monitor and
enforce environmental regulations, provide
education on environmental issues, conduct
environmental research, and provide funding for
environmental programs?
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What is it?300
DDT
A What is a pesticide used to kill mosquitos
which was banned after it was discovered that it
concentrated in birds of prey and caused them to
lay eggs with fragile shells?
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What is it?400
OZONE
A What is an atmospheric gas (O3) that protects
us from the suns ultraviolet rays?
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What is it?500
A process caused by a combination of poor farming
practices, overgrazing, and drought that turns
productive land in areas with dry climates into
deserts
A What is desertification ?
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Miscellaneous100
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A necessity of life which can NOT be replenished
by natural means Ex fossil fuels
A What is a NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE?
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Miscellaneous200
Environmental problem theKyoto Accord is aimed
at helping
A What is GLOBAL WARMING?
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Miscellaneous300
Unique ecosystems that are most threatened and
where the concentration of money and efforts
could produce the most results for our
A What are biodiversity HOT SPOTS?
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Miscellaneous400
Give an example of an invasive species
A What are rabbits in Australia,Leafy spurge
and zebra mussels in South Dakota?
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Miscellaneous500
Woman scientist who wrote Silent Spring which
led to the ban of DDT and the start of the
environmental movement in the 1970s
A Who is Rachel Carson?
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