GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The activities that take place to meet human needs can often be harmful to ecosystems. By developing sustainable practices, however, we can help protect our environment. Which of the following changes would be most helpful in reaching sustainability?
A
Building more water treatment facilities
B
Planting trees to replace those that are cut down by logging
C
Using natural gas instead of petroleum
D
Tilling the land to improve the soil quality
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -(6.03 HC)The activities that take place to meet human needs can often be harmful to ecosystems. By developing sustainable practices, however, we can help protect our environment. Which of the following changes would be most helpful in reaching sustainability? Building more water treatment facilities.

Detailed explanation-2: -Humans impact the physical environment in many ways: overpopulation, pollution, burning fossil fuels, and deforestation. Changes like these have triggered climate change, soil erosion, poor air quality, and undrinkable water.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gender Equality. Clean Water and Sanitation. Affordable and Clean Energy. Decent Work and Economic Growth.

Detailed explanation-4: -A sustainable ecosystem is one that, over the normal cycle of disturbance events, maintains its characteristic diversity of major functional groups, productivity, and rates of biogeochemical cycling.

Detailed explanation-5: -Why Are Sustainable Ecosystems Important? Sustainable ecosystems are crucial because they provide life-giving resources and conditions like purified air and water, food, and climate regulation.

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