Human Impact on the Environment

Human Impact on the Environment

Assessment

Flashcard

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS3-4, MS-LS2-4, MS-ESS3-5

+8

Standards-aligned

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Part of the environment that supplies material useful or necessary for the survival of living things.

Back

natural resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The removal of large areas of forests for human purposes.

Back

deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The development of towns and cities on previously natural areas.

Back

Urbanization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The contamination of the environment with substances that are harmful to life.

Back

pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

The careful use of Earth's materials to reduce damage to the environment.

Back

conservation

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Process of planting trees to replace trees that have been cut or burned down.

Back

reforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

A process in which mined land is restored with soil and replanted with vegetation.

Back

reclamation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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