Earth's Resources and Human Impact

Rain with a decreased pH that can cause harm to plants, animals, and built structures.

• Acid rain
• Watershed
• Urbanization
• Air quality
• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The amount of pollution in the air; the higher the air quality, the lower the air pollution.

• Air quality
• Water quality
• Acid rain
• Erosion
• Desertification

The clearing of trees in the area.

• Deforestation
• Urbanization
• Air quality
• Watershed
• Acid rain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The rapid depletion of plant life and the loss of topsoil caused by a combination of drought and the overexploitation of grasses and other vegetation by people.

• Desertification
• Erosion
• Deforestation
• Water quality
• Air quality

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The process by which water, ice, wind, and gravity remove and transport sediments from one place to another.

• Erosion
• Desertification
• Watershed
• Urbanization
• Deforestation

The process by which cities grow and develop.

• Urbanization
• Deforestation
• Erosion
• Water quality
• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

It is a measure of the condition of water relative to the environment.

• Water quality

• Air quality

• Urbanization

• Desertification

• Deforestation

An area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of water; separated from other watersheds by drainage divides.

• Watershed
• Acid rain
• Water quality
• Deforestation
• Urbanization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4