Changes in the Environment

Anything people can use to meet their needs

• Environment

• Pollution

• Resources

• Basic needs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Too much water in rivers and streams; occurs from an abundance of rain.

• Flood

• Drought

• Erosion

• Earthquake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Waste that harms the air, water, or land

• Recycle

• Environment

• Resources

• Pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

All the living and nonliving things around us

• Environment

• Resources

• Erosion

• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Moving water carries rocks and soil from one place to another

• Drought

• Flood

• Earthquake

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

A long time with little to no rain; very dry

• Flood

• Erosion

• Pollution

• Drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

How do humans pollute the environment?

• We don't. The earth is perfect!

• We don't clean up after ourselves.

• We litter.

• We could never change the environment.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

How do animals change the environment?

• They can step on or eat plants.

• They don't change the environment.

• They can move plants or trees to build dams in rivers.

• They can dig holes in the ground.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

How can the weather change the environment?

• Too much rain-floods

• The weather doesn't change the environment.

• Severe storms

• Too little rain-drought

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5