Environmental Science Terms

Environmental science is

• the study of food and water

• the study of the interaction of humans with the natural environment.

• study of life

• not important

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The environment includes all conditions that surround living organisms:

• Soil and landforms and the presence of other living organisms

• Climate

• Air and water quality

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Renewable resources

• are important

• are trash

• can be replenished within a human lifetime.

• can not be replenished within a human lifetime.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Nonrenewable resources are replenished

• extremely slowly, if at all. These can be used up.

• not at all.

• very quickly

• by eating

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Examples of nonrenewable resources are:

• timber , water, wind

• candy, sugar, salt

• Coal, oil, minerals.

• timber, coal, water

Biodegradable pollution

• wil not break down naturally over time.

• will break down naturally over time.

• is dirty

• helps the environment