Environmental Science

Match the image with a description of the Biome

• Trees Lose Leaves for winter

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• Long winter, No trees

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• Conifer or Pine Tree forest

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• Located on the equator

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• Driest Biome

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which biome has the most biodiversity (variety of plants and animals)?

• Temperate Forest

• Rainforest

• Tundra

• Grasslands

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NGSS.HS-LS2-2

Select the tundra biome on the map

A certain plant needs moisture, carbon dioxide, oxygen, light, and minerals to survive. This scenario shows that this particular living organism depends on .

• Biotic Factors 
• Abiotic Factors 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Match the following

• living things

• Ecosystem

•  the relationship between living and nonliving parts of the environment

• Abiotic

• Nonliving things

• Biotic

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Can be traced back to the point of origin.

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

Cannot easily be traced to the source of the pollution.

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point source pollution

Acid precipitation can lead to all of the following EXCEPT…

• a decrease in a community’s standard of living.

• an increase in respiratory ailments.

• an increase of aquatic biodiversity.

• a destruction of historic monuments.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Acid precipitation/rain can be traced back to

• the burning of fossil fuels.

• the use of electrostatic precipitators.

• thermal inversions.

• the release of particulate matter into the atmosphere.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the Greenhouse Affect?

• As carbon dioxide concentrations increase, temperatures increase

• Condition that is caused by carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor trapping heat in the Earth's atmosphere

• causes sea levels to rise because it adds water to the ocean.

• The cooling of Earth due to air pollution.

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6