Human Impacts Review

Why is the atmosphere important?

• Provides gases essential for survival

• Absorbs harmful radiation

• Keeps earth warm

• Makes the sky blue

• Allows birds to fly

What is air pollution?

• Anything that causes smoke

• Contamination of atmosphere by pollutants

• Contamination of atmosphere by car exhaust

• Emission of particulates into the atmosphere

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

During which stage do clouds form?

• condensation
• evaporation
• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Pollution traced to a single point

• water shed

• permeable

• point source pollution

• non-point source pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Urbanization is

• the process by which human activity and natural process damage land to the point that it can no longer support the local ecosystem.

• replacing forests, fields, and grasslands with houses, roads, schools and shopping area.

• the growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities

• The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one area to another it is called

• Erosion

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This image is an example of what type of land use

• Residential

• Commercial

• Agricultural

• Recreational

What phase of the water cycle is #4?

• Evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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