Human Impact on the Environment

To reduce pollution in the environment, people should ______________ materials.

• recycle

• pollute

• throw away

• clean

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Not turning off the water when you are brushing your teeth wastes which resource?

• air

• water

• food

• tooth paste

There is nothing we can do to stop water pollution.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How have human activities affected extinction rates of living organisms?

• Extinction rates are higher than would be normally expected.

• Living organisms no longer go extinct

• Extinction rates of living organisms are about the same.

• Extinction rates are lower than would be normally expected.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following can lead to the deaths of large numbers of animals in an area?

• All the above

• People polluting the land

• People taking the land to build new houses.

• People removing too many nutrients from the land.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What habitat is destroyed through humans using clear-cutting and slash-and-burn agriculture?

• Tropical rainforests

• Temperate grasslands

• Subtropical deserts

• Savannas

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which human activity decreases the amount of land space available for other living organisms?

• Using fertilizers

• Building larger cities

• Air Pollution

• Air Pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following would have the most biodiversity?

• undisturbed wetland

• Farmland

• drained wetland

• City

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of these human actions is most harmful to a lake ecosystem?

• Making rules to limit the amount of fishing in the lake

• Allowing pollution to enter the lake from nearby farms

• Researching plants and animals that live in the lake

• Making rules to limit the speed of boats on the lake

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is NOT a major way that human activity impacts other living things?

• Breathing too much oxygen

• Overharvesting

• Destruction of habitats

• Pollution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5