BIOLOGY-Human Impact on the Environment 2

A new coal-burning power plant would have the greatest impact on which environmental issue?

ALL of the following can reduce fertilizer run off EXCEPT

Water that is stored underground in the cracks and crevices between rocks =

Building a highway through a National park is an example of

ALL of the following are invasive species in South Dakota EXCEPT

Freshwater is a ______________ resource

ALL of the following can result from increased exposure to UV light EXCEPT

This picture shows how ____________________ happens.

Name the pesticide that caused Bald Eagles to lay eggs with fragile shells.

The Kyoto Protocol was intended to help stop

As pollutants pass to higher trophic levels in food chains their concentration 

Non-native organisms that have moved into places where there are no natural predators=? species

Depletion of the Earth's protective ozone layer is caused by

All of these are fossil fuels EXCEPT

The Montreal Protocol was intended to help stop

Ozone is made up of 3 _________ atoms.

A species that is in danger of becoming extinct unless something is done to help =

The majority of electricity in the United States comes from

ALL of these farming practices decrease fertilizer runoff EXCEPT

Acidification of oceans is caused by

All the the following are "greenhouse gases" EXCEPT

ALL of the following are caused by burning fossil fuels EXCEPT

Poor farming practices, overgrazing, and drought which turn productive land into a desert =

Solar power is a __________source of energy.

Eutrophication leads to

Everyone can use nature but no one is responsible for protecting it = Tragedy of the __________

All of these would DECREASE your carbon footprint EXCEPT

Increasing concentration of a pollutant in higher trophic levels of a food chain =

Plastic is made from

Trees help fight climate change by removing _______ from atmosphere during photosynthesis.

Contour plowing can prevent

Which environmental agreement did the US sign onto and then back out of?

Ozone protects us against 

All of the following are consequences of increased CO₂ in the atmosphere EXCEPT

ALL of the following are alternative energy sources that could be used in South Dakota EXCEPT

Using natural resources & providing for human needs without destroying the environment

CITES is intended to help 

"Invisible" water is

This environmental problem is actually improving since countries have worked together to fix it

Using ladybugs to kill aphids instead of spraying pesticides =

The "greenhouse effect" is harmful and should be totally eliminated.

Fossil fuels are