Human Impact on the Environment

Human Impact on the Environment

6th - 8th Grade

17 Qs

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Human Impact on the Environment

Human Impact on the Environment

Assessment

Quiz

Science

6th - 8th Grade

Practice Problem

Easy

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

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

Used 5+ times

FREE Resource

17 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are ways in which human activity negatively impacts the earth?

changing water flow

desertification

urbanization

deforestation

pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Austin lives in a community that is looking for more ways to reduce the human impact of the environment. Which of the following human activities is most likely to result in the greatest change in the vegetation of a region?

Recording the diversity of plants

Changing the course of a river

Growing crops for food

Using wind power to make electricity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following least represents an impact on Earth caused mostly by humans?

Erosion

Overfishing

Deforestation

Urbanization

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How do landfills impact groundwater?

Litter

Sharp metal and glass get in the soil.

Liquids leak into the ground.

Landfills do not impact groundwater.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Gabriella and her family have recently moved onto a plot of land that previously had no human activity. What will most likely be the change to the water in that area?

Water will be more evenly distributed in the area.

Most of the freshwater in the area will become salty.

The amount of available freshwater will increase.

There will be less water available for other living things.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In many places on Earth, humans are responsible for the removal of grasses, shrubs, trees, and other plants with roots that hold soil in place. Which of the following is the most direct result of this loss of vegetation?

Air pollution

Desertification

Rise in sea level

Urbanization

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Human activity has the greatest effect on global climate change when it results in which of the following?

Increased concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

The creation of genetically modified plant and animal species

A decrease in the number and diversity of species in tropical rain forests

The gradual rise in sea level that reduces the available land area

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

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