EARTH SCIENCE
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Recycling and reducing use of materials.
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Burning fossil fuels and deforestation.
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Planting trees and reducing fossil fuel use.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Burning fossil fuels, releasing chemicals into the atmosphere, reducing the amount of forest cover, and the rapid expansion of farming, development, and industrial activities are releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and changing the balance of the climate system.
Detailed explanation-2: -Human activities have a tremendous impact on the carbon cycle. Burning fossil fuels, changing land use, and using limestone to make concrete all transfer significant quantities of carbon into the atmosphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -Carbon dioxide from the burning of fossil fuels is the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.
Detailed explanation-4: -carbon pollution. climate change. energy.