WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT HUMAN IMPACT –Chapter 6



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WHAT SHOULD I KNOW ABOUT HUMAN IMPACT? –Chapter 6

What are some of the negative effects on the environment of:

6-1 hunting?

6-1 agriculture?

6-1 Industrial growth/urban development?

6-1 What is monoculture?

6-1 What is the green revolution?

6-1 What is the industrial revolution?

6-1 How has modern farming changed to be more environmentally friendly?

6-2 What are renewable resources? Give examples

6-2 What are nonrenewable resources? Give examples.

6-2 What is “hidden water”?

6-2 reading What are some sources of renewable alternative energy?

Reading What are the benefits/problems associated with these?

6-1 What is sustainable development?

6-1 What is soil erosion?

6-1 What is desertification?

6-3 What is deforestation?

6-1 What services do ecosystems provide for us?

6-2 What is smog?

6-3 What is a pollutant?

6-1 What is the difference between a threatened, endangered, and extinct species?

6-3 What is biodiversity?

6-3 How does biodiversity relate to the health of an ecosystem?

What are some ways human activity has reduced biodiversity?

6-3 What is habitat fragmentation?

6-1 What is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species Act?

6-1 Be able to give examples of “Green” organizations?

What is the EPA? Environmental Protection Agency

6-3 What is conservation?

6-3 What are “biodiversity hot spots”?

6-3 How can focus on these areas benefit biodiversity?

6-2 Why are forests called the “lungs of the Earth”?

6-4 What is a carbon footprint?

6-3 What impact do invasive species have on an ecosystem?

Be able to give examples

6-3 What is biological magnification?

6-3 What is DDT?

6-3 What effect has DDT had on prey bird populations?

6-3 Who is Rachel Carson? What is her contribution to the ecology movement?

6-4 What is ozone?

6-4 What is “ozone depletion”?

6-4 What has caused the depletion of this protective layer?

6-4What are some harmful effects of ultraviolet radiation?

6-4What has been done to “fix” this problem?

6-4What are Dead zones?

6-4What causes them?

6-4 What can be done to “fix” this problem?

6-4 What is the Greenhouse effect?

6-4 What are some “greenhouse gases”?

6-4 What is global warming?

6-4 What are some of the effects of global warming on oceans, weather, shorelines, ecosystems?

6-4What is the cause?

6-4 What can be done to “fix” this problem?

6-4 What causes acid rain?

6-4 What are some of the effects?

6-4 What can be done to “fix” this problem?

6-4 What is the Kyoto Accord?

6-4 What is the Montreal Protocol?

6-4 Which environmental problem are these aimed at helping?

6-4 Which of these has the United States signed?

6-4 What is the Great Garbage Gyre?

6-4 What are some of the effects?

6-4 What is the cause?

6-4 What can be done to “fix” this problem?

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