Human Impacts and Solutions

Question 1

Types of habitat destruction

Answer 1

logging, deforestation, draining of bodies of water

Question 2

How does overharvesting affect ecosystems?

Answer 2

disrupts the food Webs/food chains

Question 3

How does pollution impact ecosystems?

Answer 3

biomagnification within animals –> can lead to dangerous amounts of toxins

and acid rain

Question 4

Climate Change/Global Warming

Answer 4

rise in Earth’s average temperature due to an increase in greenhouse gases

greenhouse gases are CO2, H2O, methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide.

Question 5

How will loss of biodiversity impact ecosystems?

Answer 5

disrupting and possibly endangering species

Question 6

How do invasive species come to be?

Answer 6

humans brought them over or they tagged along onto a human

and they have no natural predator in the new area

Question 7

What can cause the loss of biodiversity?

Answer 7

overharvesting

Question 8

Solutions to reducing human impact?

Answer 8

Habitat restoration, captive breeding programs, Pollution mitigation, hunting/fishing regulations, ecotourism, and conservation biology

Question 9

Conservation Biology

Answer 9

application of biology to counter the loss of biodiversity

Question 10

Captive Breeding Programs

Answer 10

process of keeping plants or animals in controlled environments

Question 11

Pollution Mitigation

Answer 11

attempts made to reduce the amount of pollution in the air