Unit 6
Which is one way poor use of fertilizers in agriculture can affect the environment?
What is It can cause pollution of water in lakes and rivers?
Nuclear power and drilling for oil can both negatively affect ecosystems. Which negative impact can only be caused by nuclear power?
What is exposure to uranium?
A regional water board is examining proposals to provide drinking water to a growing metropolitan area. Which of these proposals is MOST likely to deplete groundwater supplies?
What is installation of city-owned wells within each neighborhood?
Which biome has the MOST vegetation?
What is a forest?
Biologists have discovered that the beluga whales of Canada’s St. Lawrence River have the highest rates of cancer among animals. What is MOST likely the reason for this high incidence of cancer in these whales?
What is chemical and pollutant runoff into the ocean?
What is an effect of deforestation?
What is a decrease in biodiversity?
What do the energy resources uranium and coal have in common?
What is They both are acquired by mining the lithosphere?
What would most likely result if more farms were developed along river basins in North Carolina?
What is an increase in water pollution?
Which action will most likely cause a negative impact on the biodiversity of a small region?
What is draining a wetland for the development of a new park?
What would most likely happen if coastal North Carolina increased implementation of wind energy?
What is The production of greenhouse gases would decrease?
Guatemala is a mountainous country in Central America. Each year, more than 350 square kilometers of forests are removed for building materials and to make more room for crops. If this rate of deforestation continues, what will most likely result over the next several years?
What is the risk of landslides across the country will increase?
Which of these methods of energy resource acquisition has the LEAST effect on the lithosphere?
What is harvesting wood by selective cutting?
What is a possible consequence of the destruction of a marsh?
What is decreased filtering of water?
How could a global decrease in plant diversity affect the biosphere?
What is It could cause a decrease in animal populations in the biosphere.?
Wave energy from the ocean can be harnessed to power generators to make electricity. Energy from ocean tides can also be used to make electricity. How would you categorize these two sources of energy?
What is Both are renewable?
In the 1930s, the American Great Plains became known as the Dust Bowl because it was the source of huge clouds of dust that covered much of the United States. Which BEST describes the causes of the Dust Bowl?
What is a severe drought and the overuse of prairie farmland?
If people in an area have limited access to freshwater resources, what will most likely result?
What is a decrease in sanitation and increase in disease in the area?
Which could increase the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere?
What is burning coal to produce electricity?
Two farmers decide to plant fewer types of corn in their fields. How will changing the biodiversity of the corn crop affect the fields?
What is Planting fewer types of corn will make the corn more vulnerable to plant pathogens.?
Which would be the best way to reduce the environmental impact of conventional agricultural practices?
What is decrease fertilizer usage?
How are surface mining and peat harvesting similar in the way they affect an ecosystem?
What is Both remove vegetation in the area, destroying habitats?
Which result is most likely to occur after excessive withdrawal of groundwater in coastal areas?
What is intrusion of salt water into the water table?
Which interaction of a biotic and an abiotic factor can help stabilize a forest area in North Carolina?
What is increased decaying organic material, adding nutrients to soil in the area?
If fossil fuel usage were unlimited, what effect would this have on Earth’s biosphere?
What is It would pollute natural habitats, which would decrease the biodiversity on Earth.?
Corn is widely being used in the United States to make ethanol for use in automobile fuel. How might the overproduction of corn negatively affect the environment?
What is decreasing soil fertility?