the protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural resources

• humus

• conservation

• soil

• recycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

to use wisely, without waste; protect from destruction

• reduce

• fossil fuel

• renewable resource

• conserve

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a fuel, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, formed in the geological past from the decayed remains of ancient organisms, such as plants and animals

• fossil fuel

• non renewable resource

• renewable resource

• soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

material in the soil formed from decayed plants and animals

• fossil fuel

• humus

• soil

• conserve

natural resources that are used up at a rate faster than they can be replaced

• soil

• renewable resources

• fossil fuels

• non renewable resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

to process materials, such as paper, plastic, aluminum, steel, and glass, so they can be used to make new items

• reduce

• recycle

• conserve

• conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

to use a smaller quantity

• reduce

• recycle

• conservation

• conserve

natural resources that are constantly being recycled; an example is water

• non renewable resource

• recycle

• renewable resource

• fossil fuel

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a mixture of decaying organic material, weathered rock, water, mineral fragments, and air that takes thousands of years to develop

• soil

• humus

• fossil fuel

• renewable resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3