Practice Quiz 3 - Human Impact

Deforestation causes an increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is deforestation?

• Clearing Earth's forests on a massive scale
• Eating too much vegetables
• Going to a forest and pulling weeds
• Clearing the five trees in my backyard

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The sum of the different forms of living things in a given area or population

• Ecosystem

• Deforestation

• Biodiversity

• Overexploitation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A long-term change in the temperature range and related environmental variables for regions of Earth

• Consumption

• Climate Change

• Pollution

• Environment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The use of resources, such as fuel and food, by specific populations

• Consumption

• Overexploitation

• Deforestation

• Biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

All of the biotic and abiotic factors and the interactions among them in a given area

• Population

• Biodiversity

• Climate Change

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An alien (non-native to the ecosystem) species, usually brought to an area by humans, that competes for resources and causes problems for the native species within an ecosystem

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Invasive Species

• Population

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Use of a natural resource at a level that results in the unwanted depletion or destruction of the resource

• Recycle

• Reuse

• Overexploitation

• Energy Usage

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A harmful substance that contaminates a

natural environment

• Deforestation

• Environmental Impact

• Overexploitation

• Pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

To properly dispose of used resources so they can be reprocessed into new products

• Energy Usage

• Recycle

• Reduce

• Reuse