Human Impact Vocabulary Practice

What is the introduction of harmful substances or products into the environment called?

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Climate Change

• Greenhouse Gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What is the removal of large areas of forest for human activities like agriculture or urban development called?

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Climate Change

• Greenhouse Gases

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are long-term changes in temperature, precipitation, and other atmospheric conditions, often caused by human activities, called?

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Climate Change

• Greenhouse Gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What are gases like carbon dioxide and methane that trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere and contribute to global warming called?

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Climate Change

• Greenhouse Gases

What are natural resources that can be replenished over time, such as solar energy, wind, and water, called?

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Conservation

• Sustainability

What are resources that cannot be replaced quickly, like fossil fuels (coal, oil, natural gas), called?

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Conservation

• Sustainability

What is the protection and preservation of natural environments and resources called?

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Conservation

• Sustainability

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is using resources in a way that meets current needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet theirs called?

• Renewable Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Conservation

• Sustainability

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Match the following

• climate change

• carbon dioxide from burning fuels

• pollution

• smoke from cars pollutes the air we breathe

• Deforestation

• cutting down tress in the rainforest to build farms

• greenhouse gases

• excessive plastic waste harms marine life

• marine pollution

• warmer temperatures increasing wildfires

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Match the following

• renewable resource

• solar panels using sunlight to make energy

• non renewable resource

• power generated from wind turbines (windmills)

• renewable resources

• using coal to power factories