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  1. Water, a natural resource, is ______. (1 point)

renewable

non-renewable

  1. Rainforests are destroyed due to what harmful business practice? (1 point)

over-fishing and over-hunting

building cities and businesses

industrial agriculture and farming

  1. True or false: Habitat extinction occurs only in rainforests. (1 point)

true

false

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  1. Renewable
    2. Industrial Ag and Farming
    3. False

    Question 2 is difficult to answer. Deforestation clears land for non-forest use...which could be building business and cities, or industrial ag and farming.

Answer:

1. Renewable

2. Building Cities and/or Industrial Agriculture and Farming

3. False

Explanation:

1. Water is a renewable resource. A renewable resource, is one that can be used repeatedly and does not run out because it is naturally replaced.

2. The answer to number (2) could be summarize in one word; deforestation. Deforestation is the permanent removal of trees to make room for something besides forests; they can include clearing the land for agriculture or construction and manufacturing. Both, building cities and industrial agriculture and farming have their own consequences and damages to rainforests.

3. Habitat extinction could occur in any habitat. Another example could be the ocean. As we keep polluting the ocean, by throwing away garbage (mainly plastic), and the increase concentration of chemicals that are poured in the ocean; we are making it uninhabitable for the species that live there. And if we do not stop, we are going to start observing the extinction of various species.    

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