Human Impact

The Jones family cares about the environment. They run their dishwasher only when it is completely full. Which of the following BEST explains why they do this?

• To save money
• To recycle dish soap
• To reduce sewage
• To conserve water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What does conserving resources mean?

• Use as much of the resources as you can
• Only use the resources at school
• Protecting the resource so it does not run out

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

If a species in no longer found living on Earth it is

• pollutants

• extinct

• species

• endangered

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

What is Deforestation?

• A forest in which there are too many deers.
• A forest party where deers hang out
• The adding of trees in a forest.
• The clearing of trees; transforming of a forest into cleared land.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

This picture shows people walking through a highly-polluted city in China. From what type of pollution are they protecting themselves based on what they are wearing?

• air pollution
• water pollution
• land pollution
• noise pollution

Used to a point that a resource is no longer available (ex. trees being removed without being replanted)

• exhaustible
• reduce
• depletion
• conservation

What is THE most major cause of extinction today?

• habitat destruction by humans
• poaching
• disease
• hunting

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

According to the graph, what material’s recycling would reduce the largest portion of America’s trash?

• Metals

• paper

• plastics

• Yard trimmings

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which human activity would be most likely to have a negative impact on the environment?

• Planting trees to control soil erosion
• Limiting the use of chemicals that kill weeds.
• Stopping the draining of swamps.
• Burning coal and oil to generate electric power.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which human activity would preserve nonrenewable resources?

• deforestation
• removing carnivores from a forest 
• recycling
• heating homes with fossil fuels