Environmental Issues in the United States

An organism that makes a home for itself in a new place is called a(an)

• endangered species

• new species

• strange species

• invasive species

An example of habitat destruction is

• planting trees

• cleaning up oil spills

• clearing a tropical rainforest

• preventing nonpoint-source pollution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Advances in medicine and in farming have increased

• human population growth

• biodiversity

• renewable resources

• exotic species

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which it is consumed is a

• nonpoint-source pollutant

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• biodegradable resource

The number and variety of organisms in an area at one time is called

• biodegradable

• biodiversity

• point-source pollutant

• deforestation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Too many organisms in one area for the resources available

• biodiversity

• overpopulation

• pollution

• renewable resource

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A natural resource that that forms more slowly than the rate at which it is consumed

• biodiversity

• point-source pollutant

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

An unwanted change in the environment that is caused by substances or forms of energy

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• pollution

• point-source pollutant

Hazardous waste includes waste that can

• catch fire

• make people sick

• explode

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Which of the following gases is thought to be responsible for increasing global temperatures

• argon

• nitrogen

• carbon dioxide

• ozone

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5