Human Impact (NGSS)

type of resource that can replenish itself

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

type of resource that can NOT replenish itself

• renewable resource

• non-renewable resource

economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources

• sustainable development

• urban sprawl

• cognitive development

• embryological development

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a small number of individuals making changes to their behavior in order to tolerate environmental changes

• adaptation

• acclimation

warming of Earth's surface and the air above it; caused by gases in the air that trap energy from the Sun

• butterfly effect

• greenhouse effect

• poaching

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

a species on which other species in an ecosystem largely depend, such that if it were removed the ecosystem would change drastically

• keystone species

• flagship species

• endangered species

• invasive species

the variety of life on Earth

• biodiversity

• zoology

• geosphere

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

illegal hunting or capturing of wild animals for their fur, tusks, fins, etc.

• deforestation

• poaching

• eutrophication

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the action of clearing a wide area of trees

• deforestation

• poaching

• biodiversity

• coral bleaching

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

a species of animal or plant that is seriously at risk of extinction

• keystone species

• endangered species

• invasive species

• flagship species

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5