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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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

The careful use of a resource is....

• recycling
• pollution
• depositing
• conservation

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

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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NGSS.HS-LS4-5

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

• pollutants

• extinct

• species

• endangered

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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

• species

• endangered species

• fossil

• extinct

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

The major cause of extinction is ____________________.

• habitat fragmentation
• habitat destruction
• pollution
• poaching

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

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

• habitat destruction
• poaching
• pollution
• All of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

what is the leading cause of deforestation?

• Diseases 
• Housing market
• Agriculture and Farming
• Paper mill

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7