Human Impact on the Environment Review

Not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources.

• extinction

• biosphere

• sustainable

• global warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The process of a species disappearing forever

• extinction

• biosphere

• global warming

• fossil fuel

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

The continual rise in the average temperature of Earth

• global warming

• biosphere

• extinction

• fossil fuel

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

All the interconnected LIVING and nonliving things on Earth.

• extinction

• biosphere

• global warming

• fossil fuel

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

________ is a natural, non-renewable fuel such as coal, oil, or natural gas

A __________ is the total amount of land required to produce something.

Negative human impacts on the environment include: (choose all that apply)

• pollution

• deforestation

• excessive withdrawal of water from aquifers

• sprawling urban development

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Positive human impacts on the environment include: (choose all that apply)

• reduce, reuse, recycle

• funding research of scientists and engineers

• deforestation

• enacting laws to preserve undeveloped land

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of these is an example of causation? (choose all that apply)

• Temperatures greater than 100 degrees Celsius causes water to boil.

• stepping on a dry leaf causes it to crunch

• wearing sunglasses causes sunny days

• sneezing with your eyes open causes your eyes to shoot out of your head

As the world population increases, what will happen to fossil fuel emissions?

• They will decrease

• They will not change

• They will leave Earth's atmosphere and go into space

• They will increase

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4