Human Impact on Environment

Resources that can regenerate if they are alive or can be replenished if they are nonliving.

• Renewable
• Non-Renewable
• agriculture
• ozone

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Molecules in the upper atmosphere that filter out much of the ultraviolet radiation from the sun

• smog
• nitrogen
• ozone
• carbon dioxide

Any harmful material that enters the biosphere through the land, water, or air.

• acid rain
• pollutant
• smog
• ozone

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The study of the interactions between humans and the environment

• environmental science
• ecology
• biology

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

A process that occurs when the concentration of a harmful substance increases in organisms at higher trophic levels.

• sustainable development
• greenhouse effect
• deforestation
• biological magnification

The process of using natural resources without depleting them.

• deforestation
• sustainability
• greenhouse effect
• biological magnification

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The raising of aquatic animals for human consumption.

• fisheries
• agriculture
• aquaculture
• biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

The sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere

• biodiversity
• species totality
• keystone
• renewable

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The process in which heat is trapped in Earth’s atmosphere by carbon dioxide, methane, water vapor and other gases.

• global warming
• carbon dioxide
• acid rain
• Greenhouse Effect

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A mixture of chemicals in the air that appears as a haze in the atmosphere.

• acid rain
• smog
• carbon dioxide
• methane

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6