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  • Why do environmentalists support creation of national parks?
    National parks help protect forests and animals that live there.
  • What are landfills?
    The places where most of our trash goes.
  • Should we stop building highway or plowing a field?
    No. We should find Earth-friendly ways of doing those things.
  • What are the negative impacts of chemicals in the fertilizers?
    They kill weeds, insects, and fish. They also pollute drinking water. The poisons remain in the sediment for many years.
  • What negative impacts can landfills cause?
    Make the water, air, and land around them dirty
  • What causes acid rain?
    Sulfuric and nitric acids
  • What are some data estimated by scientists about the impact of deforestation?
    Every day, about 100 plant and animal species are lost to deforestation. About 50% of the Earth’s species will vanish within the next 100 years.
  • Reusing and reducing can help cutting down on the need for...
    landfills
  • What humans activities that have destroyed the land?
    plowing fields, mining, building highways, deforestation
  • How did we pollute the water?
    Brush our teeth, flush the toilet —> water goes into streams and lakes —> the growth of bacteria —> disease
  • What is the main source of pollution?
    The burning of fossil fuels.
  • How can industries fight air pollution?
    They can use pollution-control devices called scrubbers on their smokestacks.
  • Where can you find the natural resources?
    in the biosphere of Earth / On the land and water on Earth
  • What happens when deforestation occurs?
    Many plants and animals lose their habitat, they may die out or become extinct.
  • What have some smart kids in the reading recycled the trash into?
    toys
  • What do tress absorb and use when making their food?
    CO2
  • What is the biggest sources of water pollution?
    The erosion of land
  • What are fossil fuels?
    oil, coal, natural gas...
  • What do we use water for?
    Drinking, watering lands, growing food, being the habitat for our food source, recreation...
  • What actions are being taken to protect the water supply?
    P.563
  • What do acid rains do?
    They damage forests and crops and eat away at buildings, bridges, and statues.
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