Unit 5: Human Impact on Land and Water

Urbanization is

• the process by which human activity and natural process damage land to the point that it can no longer support the local ecosystem.

• replacing forests, fields, and grasslands with houses, roads, schools and shopping area.

• the growth of urban areas caused by people moving into cities

• The process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When human activity and natural process damage land to the point it can no longer support the local ecosystem.

• Urbanization

• Erosion

• Land Degradation

• Deforestation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one area to another it is called

• Erosion

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

This image is an example of what type of land degradation

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urban Sprawl

• Urbanization

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

This image is an example of what type of land degradation

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

• Urban Sprawl

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Urban Sprawl is

• large network of roads and train tracks that connect urban and rural areas across the country

• process by which land becomes more desert-like and unable to support life

• replacing forests, fields, and grasslands with houses, roads, schools and shopping area.

• the process by which human activity and natural process damage land to the point that it can no longer support the local ecosystem.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

An example of point source pollution is

• trash floating in the ocean
• oil spilling from a supertanker

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

A body of water that has high turbidity is ...

• cloudy
• clear

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following are indicators of healthy water systems?

• high nitrates, high pH, and low temperatures
• low temperatures, high dissolved oxygen, and neutral pH

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

If a body of water has high turbidity levels, what can most likely be concluded?

• It is unsafe to drink
• It contains a lot of chemicals