Earth and Environmental

an example of point pollution

• storm drain

• fertilizers washed off farmland

• salt on roads

• oil drip from car that washes into river

ground water pollution

• storm drain into river

• polluted water seeps into aquifer

• oil drip from car that washes into river

industrialization is a major cause of water pollution

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Change in normal currents, warmer currents

• convection currents

• El Niño

• pollution

• spring tides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

non-point pollution

• storm drain

• factory discharge into creek

• salt on roads

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

human population explosion causes more waste products

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

aquaculture

• beach clean-ups

• growing fish on fish farms as food

• mermaid culture

• change in current temperature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

In what layer of the atmosphere do all weather events occur?

• Stratosphere

• Exosphere

• Mesosphere

• Troposphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Why is the ozone layer vital to life on Earth?

• Planes fly in the ozone layer

• It is made up of oxygen (O₂)

• It shields the Earth from ultraviolet (UV) rays from the sun

• It causes clouds to be created

78% of the Earth's atmosphere is ___________ and 21% of the Earth's atmosphere is _____________.

• Oxygen, Nitrogen

• Nitrogen, Oxygen

• Nitrogen, Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide