unit 6: environmental

Question 1

how do humans change the earth

Answer 1

intentionally by modernizing lifestyle, to make life easier

Question 2

Air pollution

Answer 2

Burning fossil fuels

Question 3

how does air pollution affects the environment

Answer 3

respiratory problems, bad for wildlife, acid rain

Question 4

water pollution

Answer 4

lack of waste water management system

Question 5

examples of water pollution

Answer 5

human waste, factory waist, agricultural waster

Question 6

land pollution

Answer 6

burying trash in landfills

Question 7

why are landfills negative

Answer 7

Poor landfill contaminate groundwater, how does materials make areas unlivable

Question 8

sustainability

Answer 8

living a lifestyle that is not deplete the earth’s resources

Question 9

how do we move in the direction of a more sustainable lifestyle

Answer 9

Morae fission cars, less reliance on fossil fuels, more renewable energy

Question 10

crowdsourcing

Answer 10

giving the world a problem for people to solve

Question 11

Micro approach

Answer 11

small effect by everyone to make a difference, solar panels

Question 12

institutional approach

Answer 12

Big to replace big, solar farms

Question 13

dependence on fossil fuels

Answer 13

cool for burning primarily to generate electricity, natural gas burn to generate electricity, petroleum greatest use is for fuel

Question 14

Metal production

Answer 14

Iron, used to make steel products aluminum, lighter and stronger than steel rare earth minerals, use largely in advanced technological applications

Question 15

biofuels

Answer 15

made from renewable resources, ethanol and biodiesel

Question 16

renewable resource

Answer 16

resource which is replaced naturally and can be used again, t

Question 17

examples of renewable resources

Answer 17

oxygen, freshwater, solar energy, timber, biomass

Question 18

how if humans use renewable resources unsustainably

Answer 18

modernizing, pollution, frequent changes

Question 19

nonrenewable resources

Answer 19

A resource of economic value they cannot be readily replaced by natural means

Question 20

examples of non-renewable resources

Answer 20

fossil fuels oil natural gas and coal

Question 21

how if humans used non existent renewable resources unsustainably

Answer 21

used too much and damaging the environment

Question 22

sustainability

Answer 22

The capacity to Indore how biological systems remain diapers and productive in efficiently

Question 23

examples of sustainable practices

Answer 23

Green building, wind energy, organic food

Question 24

examples of non-sustainable practices

Answer 24

farming, mass consumption, loss of farming soils, pollution, human population

Question 25

how to live more sustainably

Answer 25

reduce the use of nonrenewable resources, identify alternatives, reduce stress on renewable resources, reduce population, change consumerist lifestyle

Question 26

fossil fuels

Answer 26

deposit of organic materials form from Decatur plants and animals that of been converted

Question 27

uses for fossil fuels

Answer 27

Power, vehicles, heating and cooling, running appliances

Question 28

why are we become dependent on fossil feels

Answer 28

so much of it, used to it

Question 29

alternatives to fossil feels

Answer 29

biodiesel, chemically stored electricity, vegetable oilers

Question 30

causes of air pollution

Answer 30

Burning fossil fuels and construction activity, exhaust

Question 31

effects of air pollution

Answer 31

aggravate the conditions of individuals, long-term health effects

Question 32

causes of water pollution

Answer 32

sewage and wastewater

Question 33

effect of water pollution

Answer 33

human health, health of organisms

Question 34

causes for land pollution

Answer 34

D4 station, agricultural activities, mining, landfills

Question 35

affects of wind pollution

Answer 35

climate patterns, human health, wildlife

Question 36

how can crowdsourcing uses all problems

Answer 36

several people offer best ideas, select the best result

Question 37

how do humans interact with the earth

Answer 37

adapt to the earth, hunters and gatherers come early agriculture