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Human Impact Lab Worksheet

Name ___________________________

Date ____________________________

Select 4 human impacts you learned about in the activity, 2 from the Island and 2 from the Atol.

List the following information for how each impact affects the ecosystem:

a. Describe how the human impact you selected affects the ecosystem.

b. Summarize some of the evidence of humans’ impact on the ecosystem. You might need to use other resources from the internet to complete this task.

c. Describe specific types of evidence people should look for in their own ecosystem to determine whether humans can reverse the impact to the local environment.

d. How do you think this impact will change over the next 100 years?

Island Impact 1

a.

b.

c.

d.

Island Impact 2

a.

b.

c.

d.

Atol Impact 1

a.

b.

c.

d.

Atol Impact 2

a.

b.

c.

d.