Unit 6: Humans in Biosphere TEST

What is a consequence of negative human interactions with the environment?

• degradation of soils
• destruction of animal habitats
• depleted population of certain fish
• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The total variety of organisms in the biosphere is called___

• biodiversity
• species diversity
• ecosytem diversity
• genetic diversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the practice of clearing large areas of land to plant a single highly productive crop year after year

• Monoculture

• Renewable Resource

• Sustainable Development

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

What can be produced or replaced by a healthy ecosystem?

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Biological Magnification

• Renewable Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Natural resources that cannon replenish them within a reasonable amount of time.

• Monoculture

• Renewable Resources

• Non Renewable Resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Using resources in an environmentally conscious way

• Biodiversity

• Sustainable Development

• Ecological Hot Spot

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Lower land productivity caused by over-farming, overgrazing, seasonal drought and climate change.

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Acid Rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The loss of forests.

• Pollutant

• Deforestation

• Desertification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A harmful material that can enter the biosphere

• Smog

• Acid Rain

• Pollutant

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Increasing concentration of a harmful substance in organisms at higher trophic levels in a food chain or food web.

• Biodiversity

• Biological Magnification

• Generic Diversity