Human Impact on the Environment Answers

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What are sustainable use practices?

any materials that exist in nature and that are used by humans

the managed consumption of natural resources to prevent their depletion or environmental destruction

the deployment of fossil fuels to environments that previously did not have access to such resources

ways in which individuals are able to conserve native animal and plant species

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Which is a consequence of global warming?

cooling oceans

growing glaciers

less frequent hurricanes

rising sea levels

Why are invasive species dangerous to the environment?

They pollute the environment.

They are all voracious predators.

They threaten biodiversity.

They are nonrenewable.

Which results from an increase in the greenhouse effect?

continental shifts

wildfires

volcanic eruptions

global warming

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