Duplicate of BIOLOGY-Human Impact on the Environment

Planting beach grasses that have an extensive root system can help prevent this negative effect.

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

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

Fossil fuels are

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

Solar power is a __________source of energy.

When fossil fuels are burned, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen are emitted and react with water. Falls as precipitation

Freshwater is a ______________ resource

The majority of electricity in the United States comes from

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

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

Eutrophication leads to

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

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

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

Acidification of oceans is caused by