Human Impact on the Environment

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

• natural resources

• conservation

• global warming

• coral bleaching

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The removal of large areas of forests for human purposes.

• pollution

• aquifer

• deforestation

• climate

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The development of towns and cities on previously natural areas.

• Air pollution

• Recalamation

• Urbanization

• Greenhouse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

• coral bleaching

• pollution

• aquifer

• climate change

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

• conservation

• confirmation

• smog

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• reclamation

• reforestation

• urbanization

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

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

• air pollution

• climate change

• reforestation

• reclamation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

An area of permeable sediment or rock that holds significant amounts of water.

• Greenhouse Effect

• Global Warming

• Aquifer

• Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The contamination of air by harmful substances including gases and smoke.

• Smoke

• Air Pollution

• Particulate Matter

• Aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Air pollution that forms from the interaction between chemicals in the air and sunlight.

• Air Pollution

• Particulate Matter

• Urbanization

• Photochemical Smog

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4