Biology 1A – Human Activities Study Guide
1. Since 1960, water use in the United States has more than doubled and the demand
for water is expected to continue to rise. The greatest use of surface water in the
United States comes from?
2.
Acid rain causes the pH of rivers, lakes, and streams on Earth to change. Based on the
data table, which animal population will be the LAST to die out due to an increase in
acid rain?
3. Excess carbon gases released into the atmosphere cause additional radiation to be
retained and Earth's average temperature to increase. This phenomenon is known
as?
4. Reduce, reuse, recycle! These buzz words fuel the green movement that keeps
tabs on Earth's environmental health. We can help by using ______________
batteries, an alternative that keeps toxic heavy metals out of landfills and Earth's
water system as well as being a good idea economically.
5. There are many environmental benefits to using nuclear power. One is not an
environmental benefit of nuclear power. That is:
6. What is the largest suspected environmental problem associated with the burning
of fossil fuels?
Biology 1A – Human Activities Study Guide
7. Reduce, reuse, recycle! Soft drinks come in aluminum cans that are readily
recycled. Storage of empty cans is never a problem, since aluminum cans are
easily crushed because they are very?
8. The development of nuclear power has provided electricity for less money, but at
a cost. What may be considered a "cost" of nuclear power?
9. Technological advances in transportation have come about in response to the
depletion of fossil fuels and other negative aspects of the internal combustion
engine. There are many positives to these advancements, but there are also some
negatives. Which statement is a negative aspect of these advancements?
10. When humans remove vegetation from an area, the water cycle is MOST directly
affected in which way?
11.
The effect of carbon dioxide on the atmospheric temperature is BEST shown by graph?
12. Human activities can alter an ecosystem and bring about the extinction of a
species. Such activities include any of these except?
13. True or False? Desertification is when soil changes from unproductive soil into
productive soil.
14. True or False? Overfishing is harvesting fish slower than the population can
renew its numbers.
15. True or False? Conservation is the wise use of natural resources.
16. Which of these is MOST LIKELY to protect biodiversity?
17. Deforestation and filling in a wetland to grow crops are both examples of?
18. Which of the following is a renewable resource?
19. Which of these organisms is most likely to be harmed by acid rain?
20. Which of the following is not an example of sustainable development?
Biology 1A – Human Activities Study Guide
Answers
1. thermoelectric power
2. frogs
3. the greenhouse effect
4. rechargeable
5. if there is a reactor accident, the land will be uninhabitable
6. global warming
7. malleable
8. The radioactive waste is unsafe and hard to store safely.
9. These advances are very expensive and not available to everyone.
10. evaporation in the area will increase
11. graph C
12. Assuring a habitat remains unaltered
13. False
14. False
15. True
16. cleaning up a river
17. habitat destruction
18. air
19. cactus
20. desertification