1. How can deforestation contribute to changes in other Earth Systems?(1 point)

Question

Responses

By increasing biodiversity in adjacent ecosystems

By promoting carbon sequestration and reducing atmospheric CO2
levels

By reducing soil erosion and improving water quality

By increasing atmospheric CO2 levels which alters climate patterns

Answer 1

By increasing atmospheric CO2 levels which alters climate patterns

Answer 2

What occurs when melting polar ice caps leads to increased absorption of solar radiation by exposed ocean water?

Further ice melting

No change in ice cover

Unpredictable ice formation

Increased ice formation

Answer 3

Further ice melting

Answer 4

3. How does urbanization (more cities being built) impact the water cycle and affect other Earth systems?(1 point)
Responses

By decreasing surface runoff and enhancing groundwater recharge

By reducing air pollution and improving climate change

By increasing stormwater runoff and making flooding events worse

By decreasing evaporation and local rainfall patterns

Answer 5

By increasing stormwater runoff and making flooding events worse

Answer 6

4. In what way does the release of methane from cattle farming affect Earth’s systems?(1 point)
Responses

By increasing the greenhouse effect and accelerating global warming

By enhancing cloud formation and reducing atmospheric carbon

By decreasing greenhouse gas concentrations and stabilizing the global climate

By increasing the greenhouse effect and accelerating global warming

Answer 7

By increasing the greenhouse effect and accelerating global warming

Answer 8

5. Which of the following human activities contributes the most to the imbalance of the carbon cycle?(1 point)
Responses

Using renewable energy

Burning Fossil Fuels

Fishing

Agroforestry farming

Answer 9

Burning Fossil Fuels