Anthropogenic Changes Vocab

caused or produced by humans in the environment

• climate change

• biodiversity

• anthropogenic

• pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

variety of all living things; the different plants, animals and micro organisms, the genetic information they contain and the ecosystems

• Biodiversity

• Anthropogenic Changes

• Life

• Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the concentration of toxins in an organism as a result of its ingesting other plants or animals in which the toxins are more widely disbursed

• eutrophication

• pollution

• biological magnification

inorganic nutrient enrichment of natural waters, leading to an increased production of algae and macrophytes.

• eutrophication

• biodiversity

• anthropogenic

• life

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

elimination of a species/plant

• gone

• extension

• extinction

• fossils

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

a fuel (such as coal, oil, or natural gas) formed in the earth from plant or animal remains.

• fossil fuels

• gas

• natural fuels

• renewable resources

when parts of a habitat are destroyed, leaving behind smaller unconnected areas

• forests

• habitat fragmentation

• nature conservation

• state park

occurs when harvesting exceeds reproduction of wild plant and animal species

• tragedy of the commons

• greedy

• over collection

• overexploitation

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

an organism that is not indigenous, or native, to a particular area.

• introduced species

• invasive species

• native species

organisms that do not occur naturally in an area, but are introduced as the result of deliberate or accidental human activities

• native species

• non-native species

• introduced species

• invasive species

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5