Environmental Issues

Which of these are three types of pollution?

• noise, light, chemical

• global warming, climate change, greenhouse gases

• overpopulation, cities, landfills

• carbon dioxide, oxygen, nitrogen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Pollution sources fall into two categories:

• biotic and abiotic

• point source and nonpoint source

• renewable and nonrenewable

• air and water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Which has NOT contributed to the human population explosion?

• modern preventive medicine

• increase in life expectancy

• improved waste disposal

• increase in recycling and reusing products

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Advances in medicine and in farming have increased

• human population growth

• biodiversity

• renewable resources

• exotic species

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which statement about human population growth is LEAST likely to be correct?

• Modern medicine has allowed human populations to extend well past the earth's carrying capacity, as more people survive for longer.

• Technological advances in farming and medicine will allow human populations to continue to grow without natural limits.

• Advances in agriculture have allowed the world's food supply to expand dramatically in the last 100 years.

• Worldwide, the birthrate of humans is higher than the deathrate.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

___________ are materials or substances such as minerals, forests, water, and soil that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain.

• Fossil fuels

• Synthetic resources

• Natural resources

• Common resources

Where is pollution found on the earth?

• only in the air

• only on the land

• only in the water

• on land, in the air, and in the water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Trash in the environment is a problem because

• animals can eat it and die.

• animals can get their heads stuck in containers.

• it can kill ocean plants and animals.

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Most water pollution is the result of

• human activities.

• animals living in the water.

• volcanic eruptions.

• storms.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Water from rivers, lakes and streams eventually ends up in the ocean.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4