Human Impact

Protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment

• conservation
• environment
• extinction
• climate change

Made from the burning of fossil fuels, a major cause of global warming

• plastic
• carbon emissions
• fossil fuels
• pollution

A colorless, odorless gas produced by burning carbon and organic compounds and by respiration

• drought
• carbon emissions
• natural resources
• carbon dioxide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The total carbon dioxide emissions produced by an individual, group, or location

• carbon footprint
• global warming
• preserve
• garbage

A change causing increased levels of atmospheric CO2 produced by the use of fossil fuels

• extinction
• sustainable
• human footprint
• climate change

To purchase goods and services for personal use. To use up natural resources

• drought
• sustainable
• landfill
• consume

Long period of time without water

• landfill
• drought
• watershed
• weather

Species whose population size is rapidly declining & will become extinct if the trend continues

• impact
• population
• endangered
• preserve

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, animal, or plant lives or operates

• landfill
• human footprint
• pollution
• environment

A term that typically describes a species that no longer has any known living individuals

• endangered
• impact
• extinction
• population