Human Impact on Earth

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Objective

I can explain how people affect the Earth by using resources and growing in population.

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Warm-up video

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Practice

7 questions

1

Describe two ways that burning fossil fuels harms the environment.

2

Explain how deforestation impacts both local ecosystems and the entire planet.

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Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Describe one way that humans use resources from forests and explain how this impacts the Earth. Explain how the burning of fossil fuels by humans affects the Earth's atmosphere and climate.

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