Science and the Environment

What are considered "the commons"

• Common house hold items like knifes, spoons, and forks.

• A renewable resource owned by no one and available for use by anyone at little or no charge

• A field where college students can sit outside in between classes

This period in history is when humans grew plants and animals were raised and harvested, the human population dramtically increased.

• Industrial Revolution
• Agricultural Revolution
• Hunter-Gather period
• The Renaissance

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The time period when machines began to replace machines powered by humans or animals?

• Agricultural Revolution
• Hunter-Gatherer period
• The 80's
• Industrial Revolution

What era has created the most pollution problems?

• agricultural

• industrial

• hunter gatherer

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following are our main environmental problems?

• Pollution

• Loss of Biodiversity

• Resource Depletion

• Human Trafficking

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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Our effect on the environment - a combination of what we consume, and the waste we produce.

• Ecological Fingerprint
• Ecological Footprint
• Ecological Image
• Ecological History

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

the variety of life on Earth

• biodiversity
• natural environment
• built environment

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The study of how humans interact with the environment

• environmental science

• biology

• ecology

• physics

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Resources that cannot be replaced quickly

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• sunlight

• wind

The introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or waste material into the environment

• extinction

• biosphere

• pollution

• renewable

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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