Human Impact on the Environment

The science, art, and business of cultivating soil, producing crops, and raising livestock

• Agriculture

• Anthropogenic Changes

• Deforestation

• Energy Usage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Changes in the environment induced by human activity—including habitat destruction, pollution, introduction of invasive species, overexploitation, and climate change—which can disrupt an ecosystem and threaten the survival of some species

• Climate Change

• Anthropogenic Changes

• Biodiversity

• Overexploitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The sum of the different forms of living things in a given area or population

• Ecosystem

• Deforestation

• Biodiversity

• Overexploitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A long-term change in the temperature range and related environmental variables for regions of Earth

• Consumption

• Climate Change

• Pollution

• Environment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The use of resources, such as fuel and food, by specific populations

• Consumption

• Overexploitation

• Deforestation

• Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Removal of a forest or stand of trees, which are then used for nonforest purposes

• Reuse

• Deforestation

• Pollution

• Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All of the biotic and abiotic factors and the interactions among them in a given area

• Population

• Biodiversity

• Climate Change

• Ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The amount of energy utilized

• Overexploitation

• Biodiversity

• Energy Usage

• Consumption

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Everything that surrounds a system

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Population

• Recycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The impact on the environment created by the Industrial Revolution

• Anthropogenic Changes

• Climate Change

• Environmental Impact

• Pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4