Environmental Science Human Impact Unit 1 Vocab

The use of natural resources such as coal, trees, or oil, until it has run out, or there is significantly less available.

• particulates

• biodegradable

• urbanization

• depletion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the process by which

an increasing proportion of people

live in towns and cities instead of the

countryside? This could be the result of

natural increase and/or migration.

• migration

• urbanization

• relocation

• proliferation

The addition of undesirable material into the environment as a result of human activities. It may be defined as a physical, chemical or biological substance unintentionally released into the environment which is directly or indirectly harmful to humans and other living organisms.

• pollution

• wastewater

• deforestation

• nitrification

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

To cut down or burn down the trees in a forest to be used in a more useful way than it currently is.

• urbanization

• deforestation

• desertification

• erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The deliberate effort to modify a portion of Earth's surface through the cultivation of crops and the raising of livestock for sustenance or economic gain.

• agronomy

• industry

• hiking

• agriculture

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Anything that people can use which comes from nature. People do not make them, but gather them from the earth.

• inanition

• mineral deposit

• natural resources

• agriculture

It is capable of being decomposed by bacteria or other living organisms. They are living things broken down or decomposed from decomposers.

• biodegradable

• withered

• perishable

• biodiversity

Liquid droplets or solid objects dispersed in air. States of matter. Fine solid or liquid objects, such as dust, fog, mist, smoke,or sprays.

• debris

• pollution

• particulates

• depletion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The variety of species/ life in an ecosystem, it includes where the organisms live and the genetic variation between different species and within a species itself.

• mulitfariousness

• biology

• biodegradable

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Various methods of extracting minerals used, depending on how the minerals exist in the environment.

• mining

• farm

• cultivate

• excavate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1