Human Impacts on the Environment

Average, per person

• Natural habitat

• Global warming

• Correlation

• Per capita

Population

• The place where an organism naturally live and grows.

• Continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth's climate system.

• When a species no longer exists.

• A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.

Coal consumption harms the environment in all the following ways EXCEPT --

• It causes acid rain.

• It destroys animal habitats.

• Mining produces new habitats.

• It produces sulfur dioxide when burned.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When a species no longer exists...

• Extinction

• Population

• Global warming

• Per capita

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Overfishing has led to --

• An increase in abundance of marine life.

• The economic sustainability of commercial fishing.

• A decrease in competition of invasive species.

• A reduction in the fish population and disrupting of the marine food web.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How can organisms be affected by short-term environmental changes?

• They can slowly begin to utilize another niche after many years.

• They can migrate or become extinct.

• They can continue to live without being affected.

• They can adapt to the changes over generations.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Correlation

• Continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth's climate system.

• When two things happen together, but one does not cause the other.

• A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.

• When a species no longer exists.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Global warming

• Continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth's climate system.

• When two things happen together, but one does not cause the other.

• Average, per person

• A group of interacting individuals of the same species located in the same area.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

When are natural systems generally harmed by human activities?

• Only when small numbers of humans participate in the activities.

• When the activities contribute to the health of the environment.

• Only when activities take place in that specific location.

• When the activities involve wasteful consumption, over-harvesting, or pollution.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Natural habitat

• The place where an organism naturally lives and grows.

• When two things happen together, but one does not cause the other.

• Continuing rise in the average temperature of Earth's climate system.

• Average, per person.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5