Human Impacts Pre-Assessment

LT#1: Which of the following is a way humans depend on ocean systems?

• For mining coal.

• For fresh drinking water.

• For transportation and trade.

• For growing wheat.

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TEKS.SCI.7.11B

LT#1: Which of the following is a benefit humans receive from healthy ocean systems?

• Increased air pollution.

• Decreased biodiversity.

• Abundant seafood resources.

• More desertification.

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TEKS.SCI.7.11B

LT#1: Humans depend on the ocean for all of the following except?

• Food

• Transportation

• Trash Storage

• Jobs

LT#2: How do human activities like burning fossil fuels affect the atmosphere?

• They contribute to air pollution

• They increase biodiversity

• They cool the planet

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

LT#2: Industries have built many oil and gas platforms off the Texas coast. Coral reefs have formed underwater on many of the platforms.  The formation of coral reefs on the platforms is - 

• harmful because it increases competition between coral reefs

• harmful because it decreases the likelihood that coral reefs will form in flat, muddy areas

• helpful because it offsets the number of coral reefs lost to pollution

• helpful because it prevents coral reefs from forming in flat, muddy areas

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

LT#2: Which of the following is the cause of dead zones in the ocean? (check all that apply)

• An increase in the number of fish.

• An increase in runoff from fertilizer

• An increase in oxygen

• A decrease in oxygen

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

LT#3: Deforestation by burning has been described as a "double whammy" to the environment, meaning it has 2 negative impacts. Why is this description accurate? 

• Forest burning releases CO₂ while decreasing oxygen, which disrupts cycles
• Deforestation reduces the amount of oxygen in the atmosphere, which depletes the ozone layer
• Forest clearing is often followed by land development, which often leads to increased noise pollution
• Deforestation increases the number of plant and animal species by destroying habitat

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

LT#3: Burning fossil fuels results in which of the following:  

• ozone layer depletion
• global climate change
• deforestation
• pollution of ocean waters

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

LT#3: 1.  Which of these could increase average global temperatures? 

• A.  increased use of fossil fuels 
• A.  increased ocean plants 
• A.  decreased carbon dioxide emissions 
• A.  increased numbers of animal species

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5