Human Impact on the Environment Review

Not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources.

• extinction

• biosphere

• sustainable

• global warming

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

All the interconnected LIVING things on Earth.

• extinction

• biosphere

• global warming

• fossil fuel

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

A (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-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

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

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

True or False: A positive of coal mining is that it provides jobs, revenue, and energy.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2