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

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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The careful use of a resource is....

• recycling

• pollution

• depositing

• conservation

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

• exhaustible

• reduce

• depletion

• conservation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

An endangered species is

• One whose numbers are so small that it is at risk of extinction
  

• One whose not been spotted after many years.

• One whose numbers are abundant.

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

• pollutants

• extinct

• species

• endangered

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Something that is in danger of disappearing, or becoming extinct is called

• species

• endangered species

• fossil

• extinct

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The major cause of extinction is ____________________.

• habitat fragmentation

• habitat destruction

• pollution

• poaching

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Scientists think people have directly caused the extinction of some species through ______________.

• habitat destruction

• poaching

• pollution

• All of these

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what is the leading cause of deforestation?

• Diseases 

• Housing market

• Agriculture and Farming

• Paper mill

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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