Human Impact Review

According to the pie chart, how much carbon dioxide emissions come from transportation?

• 7.9%
• 25.9%
• 13.1%
• 19.4%

Using fewer wood products, buying used homes, and recycling paper are alternatives to 

• factories
• transportation
• solar panels
• deforestation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is one way that humans can lessen their impact on the environment?

• Recycle
• Eat more meat
• Drive large vehicles
• Increase agricultural area

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Define deforestation

• The cutting down & removal of all or most of the trees in a forested area.
  
• A broadleaf evergreen forest that is found in hot regions, receives a lot of rain and that has very tall trees.
  
• The act or process of damaging or ruining something.  To treat poorly or w/out respect.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

When taken to a new habitat, non-native plants often threaten native plants of the new habitat.  Why do they do this?

• Non-native plants are able to mutate rapidly
• Non-native  plants cause native animals to relocate
• Non-native plants are able to be used for medicine
• Non-native plants compete with native plants for resources

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CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.7.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

How are humans impacting the levels of salt that are in streams?

• Humans are not impacting the levels of salt in streams

• Humans are using salt in the food that they make which ends up in the streams through sewage

• Humans are using salt to help melt the ice that are on roads and end in the stream through runoff

• Humans are using salt to melt ice in the streams and eventually it will end up on the roads

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

How does plastic effect sea life?

• Microplastics create dead zones in the oceans.

• Plastics provide habitats for marine life.

• Wildlife such as dolphins, seals and seabirds often eat plastic, mistaking it for food.

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

As the human population grows, the demand for natural resources increases. Which activity wastes a natural resource?

• riding the bus

• keeping the lights turned off

• cooling a car or house by opening windows

• throwing an aluminum can in the trash

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the best explanation for the rise in atmospheric CO² levels since the 1800's?

• natural fluctuations of the climate

• eruptions of large volcanoes

• increased use of fossil fuels by humans

• photosynthesis by algae

What will most likely happen if the human population continues to grow at current rates?

• There will be an decrease in the number of strong hurricanes

• There will be a decrease in water pollution

• There will be an increase in nitrogen levels in the atmosphere

• There will be fewer natural resources available for future generations

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4