ES Notes #1

Which time period lead to extinction of some organisms?

• agricultural revolution

• industrial revolution

• hunters-gathers

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

Put the time periods in order from first to last.

• Hunters-gathers

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

Of the three time periods, which had the following effect on the environment:

nutrient depletion of the soil

• agricultural revolution

• industrial revolution

• hunters-gathers

Which of the three time periods added more pollution into the environment?

• hunters-gathers

• industrial revolution

• agricultural revolution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The Agricultural Revolution impacted farmers by?

• New farming techniques/tools required more workers on the farm

• New farming techniques/tools produced bigger harvests with less farmers

• Famers no longer had to work

• Farmers struggled to make ends meet because of the changes brought by the revolution

What was the major change caused by the agricultural revolution?

• Elimination of trade

• Development of permanent settlements

• End of hunting

• Increase of spoken languages

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A social movement that is based on opinions/passions from the facts about the environment

• environmental ethics

• environmentalism

• environmental science

• interdisciplinary

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The study of the environment and how humans interact with it; it is an interdisciplinary study

• environmental science

• environmentalism

• ethics

• biology

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What does interdisciplinary mean?

• it involves only one subject when making decisions

• it involves several different subjects when making decisions

• it only involves 2 subjects when making decisions

• it involves specifically 10 subjects when making decisions

Match the type of environmental ethic to its description

• Anthropocentrism

• the environment and its sustainability is most important; decisions are made to benefit it as a whole

• biocentrism

• humans are the main priority; so whatever benefits the human

• ecocentrism

• all living organisms are equal; decisions are made based on it benefitting all living things equally

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5