Vocabulary Test (Environment)

Rate of change that increases more and more rapidly over time.

• Exponential Growth

• Biodegrade

• Climate

• Affect

The number of births per 1,000 individuals for a certain time period.

• Collonize

• Equilibrium

• Birth Rate

• Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When the number of humans grow beyond what the available resources can support.

• Environmental impact

• Biodegrade

• Overpopulation

• Large Sample

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

To ensure that future generations have access to the same resources we enjoy now. Gives resources time to recover and replenish.

• Greenhouse effect

• Sustainable use

• Climate change

• Urbanization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

To decompose as a result of a biological action.

• Deforestation

• Urbanization

• Biodegrade

• Greenhouse gas

The process where large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in small areas.

• Urbanization

• Deforestation

• Capacity

• Concentration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Transformation of habitable land to desert by change in climate or destructive land use.

• Transpiration

• Habitation

• Desertification

• Deforestation

The purposeful clearing of forested land.

• Naturalization

• Desertification

• Deforestation

• Concentration

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A hydrocarbon and the most potent greenhouse gas.

• CH4

• Napthalene

• Ozone

• Hydrogen

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

NGSS.HS-ESS3-5

___________ is a greenhouse gas linked to global warming.

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

• Ozone

• Water Vapor

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5