Human Impact on the Environment

Which human activity would help preserve our non-renewable resources?

• Recycling

• Deforestation

• Removing all carnivores from a forest

• Heating homes with fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Increased industrialization will most likely...

• Decreased available habitats

• Increase available habitats

• Help us save fossil fuels

• Decrease global warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are renewable resources?

• Resources that are used up faster than they are formed?

• Resources that exist only in cities

• Resources that are renewed over time

• Resources that exist only in the country

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are "non-renewable" resources?

• Resources that quickly replenish (renew) themselves

• Resources that will be completely gone when we use them up

• Resources found within the city

• Resources found only in the country

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Global Warming has been linked to a decrease in...

• Polar ice caps

• How quickly species go extinct

• The rate of carbon dioxide production

• The temperature of the earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What does "Resource Depletion" mean?

• We are recycling the resources

• We are using the resources faster than they can be replenished

• We are using oil pumps to take the resource

• The resource is an important ingredient to a major company

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of these is a "natural" event

• Deforestation

• Recycling

• Volcano erupting

• Building a dam to contain water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which of these is a "Man-Made" issue?

• Tornado leaving a path through a forest

• A volcano erupting and destroying a city

• Deforesting a section of a forest

• A flood taking away the top soil

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Why is it important to leave a portion of the trees root system when chopping down trees?

• The roots provide nutrients to the top soil

• The roots keep the top soil from blowing away

• The roots are the most expensive part of the tree

• To keep poachers from coming in and killing any animals left behind

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is an example of a disaster that was caused by human activity

• Hurricane Katrina

• Pompei

• The carbon cycle

• The Dust Bowl in the 1930's

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4