The document contains review questions about how humans have impacted ecosystems and biodiversity. It asks about how humans altered Hawaii's ecosystem, which species has changed Earth the most, and resources land provides. It also asks about the Tragedy of the Commons, renewable vs nonrenewable resources, sustainable development examples, how acid rain forms, deforestation/desertification causes, biodiversity importance, endangered vs extinct species, DDT use and dangers, threats to biodiversity, biological magnification, conservation biology goals, ecological hotspots, foreign species risks, too much UV radiation risks, global warming causes and the ozone layer depletion cause.

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Chapter 6 – Humans in the Biosphere
Review Sheet
• How did humans alter Hawaii’s ecosystem?
• What species has changed the earth the most?
• What resources does land provide?
• What is the Tragedy of the Commons?
• Renewable vs. Nonrenewable resources
• What is sustainable development? What are some examples of sustainable
development?
• How is acid rain formed?
• What is deforestation? What causes it?

2. • What is desertification? What causes it?
• What is biodiversity? Why is it important?
• Endangered species vs. Extinct species
• What is DDT? Why was it used? What is the danger of DDT in the long run?
• What are 3 examples of threats to biodiversity?
• What is biological magnification?
• What are the goals of conservation biology?
• What is an ecological hotspot?
• What is a foreign species? Why are the dangerous to ecosystems?
• Why is too much UV radiation bad?
• What is global warming? What causes it?
• What is causing the depletion of the ozone layer?