Topic 7 Vocab Human Impact

What is the term for the largest population of any single species that an area can support?

• Carrying capacity

• Energy flow

• Deforestation

• Direct harvesting

What is the result of forest destruction due to human activity called?

• Global warming

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Industrialization

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the term for the destruction or removal of an organism from its habitat?

• Direct harvesting

• Energy flow

• Trade-off

• Ozone shield

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What describes the movement of energy through an ecosystem?

• Water cycle

• Energy flow

• Nuclear fuel

• Carbon dioxide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the increase in Earth's average surface temperature due to greenhouse gases called?

• Technology

• Renewable resource

• Nonrenewable resource

• Global warming

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is the process of converting an economy into one with large-scale manufacturing as the primary base?

• Deforestation

• Industrialization

• Pollution

• Carrying capacity

What is a resource that cannot be replaced, such as fossil fuels and minerals?

• Energy flow

• Ozone shield

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

What is an energy source that results from splitting atoms?

• CFC's

• Fossil fuel

• Nuclear fuel

• Carbon dioxide

What is the layer of ozone gas in the upper atmosphere that protects Earth from some of the sun's radiation?

• Direct harvesting

• Trade-off

• Water cycle

• Ozone shield

What is a harmful change in the chemical makeup of the soil, water, or air?

• Technology

• Pollution

• Global warming

• Industrialization

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4