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Questions

1. Draw a simple balanced carbon-oxygen cycle between plants and animals, using photosynthesis and oxygen as well as cellular respiration and carbon dioxide.

2. What gas does the combustion of fossil fuels in transportation and industry produce and what does this gas do to the carbon cycle and global temperature?

3. What are two concerning effects of climate change?

4. What are 2 easy ways to capture carbon from the air and mitigate climate change?

5. What does sustainability mean?

6. What is an ecological footprint and why is it useful?

7. With what 2 general strategies can we restore our health?

8. What is the equation for Human Impact? What does each letter represent?

9. What is one important inference we can make from this equation?

10. In what 2 ways do estuaries restore the ocean?

11. In what 2 simple ways can we restore the land?

12. Why is sustainable agriculture so important to the quality of the soil, air, and water?

13. What does HIPPCO represent? Explain each threat to biodiversity or organisms.