Human Impact on the Environment Test Review

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

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• keystone species

• biological magnification

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

• ozone

• oxygen

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

The study of the interactions between humans and the environment.

• environmental

• biology

• geology

• ecology

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

• biological magnification

• keystone species

• pollutant

• smog

The process of using natural resources without depleting them.

• sustainability

• keystone species

• renewable

• conservation

The sum total of the variety of organisms in the biosphere.

• biodiversity

• biological magnification

• keystone species

• invasive species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

• greenhouse effect

• global warming

• sustainability

• desertification

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

A species that has migrated to, or been transferred to, an area where they are not native.

• invasive species

• keystone species

• biological magnification

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Resources that cannot be replenished by natural processes.

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• sustainability

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

Precipitation with a pH lower than 6.

• acid rain

• smog

• erosion

• pollutant

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5