Human Impact Review

places that humans have left alone or restored to a natural state. ​

• natural areas

• areas of the world

• natural places

• nature

the growth of urban areas caused by people moving into the cities

• Beyoncezation

• urbanization

• rural sprawl

• ruralization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

organisms that break down dead animal and plant material, live in soil

• composer

• protists

• fungus

• decomposer

the process by which human activity and natural processes damage land to the point that it can no longer support the local ecosystem

• land use

• land degradation

• rural sprawl

• urban sprawl

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

when houses, roads, schools, and shopping areas replace forests, fields, and grasslands

• urban sprawl

• rural sprawl

• urbaniziation

• school zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the process by which land becomes more desert-like and unable to support life.

• dessert

• desert-like

• urbanization

• desertification

any body of water above the ground.​

• surface water

• water at the surface

• underground water

• above ground source

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water found in spaces in rocks or in soil beneath Earth’s surface

• undergroundwater

• groundwater

• waterunderground

• beyoncewater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a body of rock or sediment that can store a lot of water and that allows water to flow easily through it

• filter

• cavern

• cave

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a measure of how clean or polluted water is

• water cleanliness

• water quality

• clean water

• water measurement