Landscapes on Fire

What is a forest?

• a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.

• a large area only covered with trees and undergrowth.

• Usually a short area barely covered with trees and undergrowth.

What is a disturbance?

• the common state of a settled and peaceful condition.

• the construction of a settled and peaceful condition.

• the interruption of a settled and peaceful condition.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is a wildfire?

• a large, destructive wind gust that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.

• a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.

• a large, destructive flooding that spreads quickly over woodland or brush.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What are the impacts of a wildfire in a forest?

• Habitat loss

• air pollution

• both of them

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a scientific model?

• They are drawings to represent little stories about science facts.

• Scientific models are representations of objects, systems or events and are used as tools for understanding the natural world.

• They are illustrations to represent little tales about science facts.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What is the unit driving question?

• How do landscapes on fire look like?

• How do landscapes recover after a wildfire?

• What are the impacts of deforestation on ecosystems?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is deforestation?

• Cutting trees down

• Planting bunch of tress

• none of them

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is habitat loss?

• a large area covered chiefly with trees and undergrowth.

• it is a representation of scientific facts

• when animals and human lose their homes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

When did the largest wildfires take place in Colorado?

• in 2019

• in 2020

• in 2021

Where did the largest wildfires take place in Colorado?

• at Cameron peak and East troublesome

• at Cameron peak and Denver

• in Cameron peak and Ohio