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1. 
Why has urbanization led to environmental problems?
A.
Skyscrapers have had a big impact on global wind patterns.
B.
Parking lots have become a rich environment for many invasive plant species.
C.
Abandoned farmland is more likely to house dangerous animal species.
D.
Large populations and cities produce garbage and pollution in large amounts.
2. 
How do changes to the rainforests and oceans have global consequences?
A.
Rainforests and oceans provide shelter to half the world’s population.
B.
Rainforests and oceans regulate Earth’s oxygen, CO2 and climate.
C.
Rainforests and oceans are the only sources of non-GMO foods.
D.
Rainforests and oceans naturally increase levels of greenhouse gasses.
3. 
What is the Kyoto Protocol?
A.
An international agreement to rely more heavily on cars as transportation.
B.
An international agreement that limits trade of endangered species.
C.
An international agreement that encourages global trade.
D.
An international agreement that reduces greenhouse gasses.
4. 
How has agriculture caused damage to the environment?
A.
Clearing of land for farming has resulted in deforestation and pollution by fertilizers and pesticides.
B.
Farmers tend to leave too much of their cropland fallow, allowing invasive species to thrive.
C.
Large-scale farming has prevented cities from expanding, making them more crowded.
D.
Agricultural companies have found it profitable to reintroduce native plant species, which could harm ecosystems.
5. 
What solutions have people come up with to address environmental concerns?
A.
They can reduce, reuse and recycle, and conserve scarce resources.
B.
They can buy commercial bottled water to save clean tap water.
C.
They can drive SUV’s because those use fewer resources than compact cars to produce.
D.
They can eat more fish to conserve grazing lands that would traditionally be used for raising beef.
6. 
The society you live in will tend to experience the highest pollution levels and waste disposal problems in:
A.
urban cities.
B.
rural farmland.
C.
areas with high unemployment.
D.
locations between major cities.
7. 
Destruction of the Amazon Rain Forest and increasing CO2 in the oceans has the potential to:
A.
benefit wildlife in those ecosystems.
B.
make atmospheric temperatures more stable.
C.
change global climate patterns.
D.
alter the magnetic poles of the earth.
8. 
The Kyoto Protocol was an example of how:
A.
ways countries are addressing overfishing.
B.
international cooperation to reduce greenhouse gasses.
C.
a plan to limit introduction of invasive species.
D.
ineffective policies toward climate change.
9. 
A major impact of agriculture on the environment has been:
A.
a reduction in greenhouse gasses.
B.
the introduction of commercial whaling.
C.
an increase in forested areas.
D.
pollution created by fertilizers.
10. 
As humans continue to impact our environment, it becomes much more important to:
A.
reduce our technology use by using more paper.
B.
consider the economic drawbacks of protecting the environment.
C.
focus exclusively on local approaches to protect the environment.
D.
reduce the amount of waste we produce and protect the natural environment.