Chapter 1 Vocabulary

All living and non-living things with which organisms interact.

• Natural Resource

• Environment

• Environmental Science

• Environmentalism

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The study of how the natural world works.

• Environment

• Environmentalism

• Environmental Science

• Ecological Footprint

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world.

• Environmental Science

• Environmentalism

• Sustainability

• Environment

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Materials and energy sources found in nature, that humans need to survive.

• Sustainable

• Natural Resources

• Environmentalism

• Non-renewable resources

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Resources that renew naturally such as fruits and grains.

• Non-renewable resources

• Natural Resources

• Renewable resources

• Sustainable

Resources such as coal and oil that do not form over short periods of time.

• Renewable resources

• Sustainable

• Non-renewable resources

• Natural Resources

Able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply.

• Sustainable

• Fossil Fuels

• Environmentalism

• Environmental Science

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

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A carbon containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things.

• Fossil fuels

• Ecological Footprint

• Sustainable

• Environmentalism

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

The environmental effects of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required to provide materials.

• Fossil fuels

• Ecological footprint

• Environmentalism

• Sustainable

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question.

• Thesis

• Hypothesis

• Dependent variable

• Independent variable