Chapter 2 Vocabulary - The Community and Environment

a type dam, or barrier, that turns the energy of moving water into electric power

• deforestation

• ecosystem

• hydroelectric dam

• edangered

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

the plants and animals that live in a particular area

• ecosystem

• habitat

• deforestation

• atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the use of knowledge to invent new tools that make life easier and solve problems

• extinct

• habitat

• technology

• ozone layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4

the loss of forests

• habitat

• extinct

• ozone layer

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the home of an animal or plant

• deforestation

• habitat

• atmosphere

• ecosystem

an animal that is at risk of extinction

• extinct

• mammal

• instinct

• endangered

a type of animal that has no more living members

• habitat

• extinct

• ecosystem

• endangered

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1

an event that occurs in nature that damages the environment and may harm living things such as a hurricane, earthquake, or tornado

• habitat

• natural disaster

• oopsies

• ozone layer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

the layer of gases that surround a planet, such as Earth

• atmosphere

• ozone layer

• habitat

• ecosystem

a layer in the Earth's atmosphere that absorbs the sun's harmful rays and helps keep Earth's temperature controlled

• atmosphere

• ozone layer

• habitat

• extinct