FORESTRY
ECOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Question
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Which human activity most directly causes a significant increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
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growing corn for food
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not using products containing plastics
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driving cars long distances
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planting large numbers of trees
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Over the last century, burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil has increased the concentration of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). This increase happens because the coal or oil burning process combines carbon with oxygen in the air to make CO2.
Detailed explanation-2: -Carbon dioxide concentrations are rising mostly because of the fossil fuels that people are burning for energy.
Detailed explanation-3: -Greenhouse Gases These greenhouse gas emissions have increased the greenhouse effect and caused the earth’s surface temperature to rise. Burning fossil fuels changes the climate more than any other human activity.
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