What is one negative effect of human influence on cycles of matter? decreased soil nitrogen due to the harvesting of crops decreased amount of carbon in the atmosphere due to deforestation increased global warming due to the use of alternative energy sources increased amount of water that is available to freshwater ecosystems

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Araceli Mercado

Biology

13 May, 06:34

What is one negative effect of human influence on cycles of matter? decreased soil nitrogen due to the harvesting of crops decreased amount of carbon in the atmosphere due to deforestation increased global warming due to the use of alternative energy sources increased amount of water that is available to freshwater ecosystems

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Aryana Stein · Answer 1

One negative effect would be choice (a). As we farm the land, we take up much of the nitrogen by growing plants, but do not readily replace it. This is where turning the soil and other farm actions can mitigate these negatives. By putting crops back into the ground, we can replace some of the nitrogen lost through harvesting.

Fleming · Answer 2

It would be C

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