ESS 3.3 - Conservation

What are two possible negative effects of using landfills?

• wind can carry garbage out of the landfill and into bodies of water

• drinking water can be contaminated by leachate

• nutrients improve soil quality

• recycling increases

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Which of the following are correct reasons to which animals become endangered?

• Some animals become endangered due to changes in climate where they live.

• Poaching causes some animals to become endangered.

• Deforestation causes some animals to become endangered

• Animals can become endangered for all of these reasons

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What is conservation?

• Saving natural resources.

• Watching television throughout the day.

• Using natural and human resources.

• Leaving the watering running.

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What are possible negative outcomes of forest being cleared to make room for farmland?

• Fewer trees for animal habitats

• Fertilizers create run-off into a nearby stream, polluting it.

• Less room for animals to hunt and find shelter

• All are possible negative outcomes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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Which is not one of the three R's of conservation?

• Reduce

• Reuse

• Recycle

• Remind

What is one of the main reasons many plants and animals are endangered?

• disease

• deforestation

• recycling

• reforestation

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What is poaching?

• when people hunt wild animals illegally

• eating wild animals

• saving wild animals

Which of the following does not destroy habitats?

• building homes

• pollution

• composting

• habitat fragmentation

WHY IS RECYCLING SO IMPORTANT?

• Recycling helps to reduce pure air

• Recycling helps to reduce the pollution caused by waste. .and reduces the need for raw materials

• Recycling helps plants to grow quickly in the forest .

• Recycling helps people to have a good economic situation in their houses

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An endangered species is

• One whose numbers are so small that it is at risk of extinction

• One who has not been spotted after many years.

• One whose numbers are abundant

• One that is also extinct

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