Unit 2-Human Impact/Natural Disasters

To protect or save Earth's natural resources

• Pollution

• Conserve

• photosynthesis

• natural disasters

Which of the following is not a natural disaster?

• tornado

• hurricane

• tsunami

• car accident

Giant storms that begin at sea and sometimes crash into land are called?

• hurricanes

• tornadoes

• avalanches

• mudslides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A giant, spinning ocean-born storm.

• earthquake

• hurricane

• storm surge

• tsunami

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

A funnel-shaped storm, with winds up to 300 mph.

• hurricane

• tsunami

• tornado

• storm surge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

1. What are renewable resources?

• . Resources that are used faster than they form

• resources that can replenish themselves over time

• resources that formed over millions of years

• resources that exist only in rural areas

1. What would Earth be like without the greenhouse effect?

• The same temperature

• a little cooler than it is now

• . Too cold to live

• a little warmer than it is now

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-4

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

1. Which biome has the highest biodiversity and is the most threatened?

• Temperate forests

• grasslands

• tropical rain forests

• deserts

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

1. Which of the following is not a renewable resource?

• coal

• wind energy

• solar energy

• water

What is global warming

• the normal temperature fluctuations of Earth's climate cycle

• the melting of the polar ice caps

• the trend of increasing temperatures on Earth

• the changes in Earth's biosphere that affect the atmosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5