What could people do to reverse the change seen by the family?
Which conclusion can be drawn from the graph?
Based on the image and description, which environmental challenge is this region facing?
Which environmental modification would make use of the area’s characteristics and help address a human need?
Based on the descriptions, which conclusion can be drawn about natural disasters?
Based on the graph, what is true about deaths caused by hurricanes that cross the Atlantic Ocean?
How do melting polar ice caps affect other parts of the world?
Why would a student who is researching local conservation efforts consult the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)?
Scientists are exploring early settlements in the Indus Valley region in present-day Pakistan. Why are they searching for the remains of early societies along rivers and streams?
Which type of environment does desalinization help humans adapt to?
Why is using plastics a potential long-term problem for the environment?
Sort the government policies to identify which promote conservation and which hinder conservation efforts.
Tanzania adopts anti-poaching plans to prevent and prosecute the illegal hunting and trading of wildlife.,Jordan adopts a desertification law to fund research, initiatives, and technologies to prevent or reverse land degradation.,France adopts a law requiring new industrial and commercial buildings to devote 30 percent of rooftops to revegetation or renewable energy production.|China adopts an initiative to build more infrastructure, including hundreds of coal-fired power plants.,Indonesia revises a law to remove restrictions on the size of mining operations and reduces local oversight over mining activities.,Brazil’s president cuts funding to regulatory agencies and reduces the enforcement of anti-development protections for Indigenous lands and the Amazon Rainforest.
Match each purpose to a sustainability policy related to ecotourism.
lessen the number of visitors to natural landforms|attract more tourists to the country|check water quality and marine life|prevent harm to historic human-made structures|keep heavily visited places clean and safe
Sort the resources as renewable or nonrenewable.
forests,solar energy,surface water|iron,coal,carbon
Drag and drop each conservation measure to match it to the problem it aims to address.
making land more fertile|rewilding developed areas|planting pine or oak seedlings|removing grasses in a controlled way
Read the passage. Scientists have observed that periods of drought are worsening. In 2022, Europe experienced a period of severe drought, causing moisture levels in soil to drop alarmingly. During this period, many bodies of water and rivers shrank drastically. How did this extreme weather event affect the environment?
How do droughts affect the western United States differently than the Sahel region in Africa?
Some local governments have banned the use of plastic grocery bags. Which environmental challenge are these local governments responding to?
Sort each word or phrase by whether it is a cause of global warming or an effect of global warming.
fracking,greenhouse effect,burning fossil fuels|melting ice caps,coral bleaching,rising ocean levels
Which type of environment does desalinization help humans adapt to?
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