sustainability and tragedy of the commons

What are considered "the commons"

• Common house hold items like knifes, spoons, and forks.

• A renewable resource owned by no one and available for use by anyone at little or no charge

• A field where college students can sit outside in between classes

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NGSS.5-ESS3-1

The "Tragedy of The Commons" is...

• An economic issue where people do not have enough money to buy basic needs so they resort to stealing and breaking the law.

• A type of play where someone tragically dies or gets killed.

• Economic issue where individuals tend to take advantage of the natural resource and it becomes unavailable for everyone.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Sustainability

• The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• The ability to read minds

• The ability to save resources for years and years

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Unsustainable

• When resources can never be replenished again.

• When resources are used or depleted faster than they can be replenished.

• When you are not mentally stable.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is overgrazing?

• When cows eat so much they get sick and throw up

• When a section of land is used for extended periods of time, or without sufficient recovery periods.

• When horses eat too much grass

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a negative consequence of overgrazing?

• vegetation or grass is damaged and the ground can no longer be used for feeding or agriculture.

• your animals cannot graze for one day

• your animals get sick

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is overfishing?

• The removal of bad fish from a environment

• The removal of fish/ species of fish from a body of water at a rate that the species can not replenish in time.

• The removal of dead fish from a body of water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is one negative consequence oversfishing can lead to?

• Fish can grow two heads

• Fish species can adapt in order to escape fishermen

• Fish species can either become depleted or very underpopulated in that given area.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

True or False: "Tragedy of The Commons" also relates to people putting harmful producs into our waterways?

• TRUE

• FALSE

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

TRUE or FALSE: Pollution in waterways does not affect the health of the people drinking the contaminated water.

• TRUE

• FASLE

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4