Human Impact

Which of these is one cause of deforestation?

• Urbanization
• Buying a chirstmas tree during the holidays
• Overbreeding birds in the wild
• Cutting down the tree in your backyard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The primary cause of invasive species introduction is

• too much food

• human actions

• weather events

• asteroids

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The largest threat to biodiversity is

• bacteria

• fungi

• humans

• plants

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following are greenhouse gases?

• Nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• phosphorus

Which is not an environmental impact of using fossil fuels.

• Global Warming
• Acid Rain
• Oil Spill
• Rapid Population Growth

The greenhouse gas having the greatest role in human-caused global warming is

• methane
• carbon dioxide
• CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)
• ozone

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The gradual increase in the temperature of the atmosphere is known as ________________.

• Greenhouse Effect
• Global Warming
• Carbon Dioxide Gases
• Methane

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

How can global warming cause sea levels to rise? Choose the best answer.

• by causing it to rain more often
• by melting glaciers and ice caps
• by increasing the number of undersea volcanic eruptions
• by creating bigger and more powerful hurricanes

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Where is the "GOOD" ozone located?

• troposphere

• stratosphere

• mesosphere

• thermosphere