8.ESS.1 and 3

Desertification is

• the process of restoring land damaged by mining

• large scale cutting or burning of forests

• development of desertlike conditions due to human activities or climate change

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Reclamation is

• the process of restoring land damaged by mining

• planting trees to replace trees that have been cut or burned down

• all the members of a species living in a given area

Reforestation is

• natural source of supply or support

• large scale cutting and/or burning of forests

• planting trees to replace trees that have been cut or burned down

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Runoff is

• natural source of supply or support

• portion of precipitation that moves over land and eventually reaches water ways

• the process of restoring land damaged by mining

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Urban sprawl is

• planting trees to replace trees that have been cut or burned down

• development of land near a city to build houses and other buildings

• all the members of a species living in a given area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Acid precipitation is

• rain or snow that has a lower pH than that of normal rainwater

• scale that ranks levels of ozone and other air pollutants

• type of pollution that can be identified from a single source

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Air Quality Index is

• increase in Earth's average surface temperature

• mix of solid and liquid particles in the air including smoke, dust and dirt

• A scale that ranks levels of ozone and other air pollutants

The greenhouse effect is

• natural process that occurs when certain gases in the atmosphere absorb and reradiate thermal energy from the sun

• an increase in Earth's average surface temperature

• rain or snow that has a lower pH that that of normal rainwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Particulate matter is

• type of air pollution that occurs when nitrogen and carbon compounds react with sunlight

• mix of solid and liquid particles in the air, including smoke, dust, and dirt

• rain or snow that has a lower pH than normal rainwater

Photochemical smog is

• type of air pollution that occurs when nitrogen and carbon compounds, released by the burning of fossil fuels, react in sunlight

• type of pollution that can be identified from a single source

• the process of restoring land disturbed by mining