energy and pollution

A toxic substance used by farmers that lasts a very long time in the environment and are currently banned.

• Nonpoint Source 
• DDT's
• Leach
• Fossil Fuels 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Parts of the environment that are useful or necessary for the survival of living organisms.

• Water Pollutants
• Watershed
• Natural Resources
• Renewable Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A natural resource that is recycled or replaced constantly by nature.  

• Renewable Resource 
• Watershed
• Nonpoint Source
• Leach

Land area that drains into a water system such as a river, stream or lake.

• Contaminants
• Watershed
• Wetland
• Leach

Forms in Earth’s crust over hundreds of millions of years; source for most energy.

• Leach
• Sediment
• DDT's
• Fossil Fuels

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Areas of land that are often covered by water and act as a natural filter for water soaking into the ground.

• Watershed
• Sediment
• Wetland
• DDT's

Pollution that comes from a particular spot. 

• Nonpoint Source 
• Point Source 
• Water Pollutants 
• Contaminants 

Natural resources that are used up more quickly than they can be replaced by natural processes. 

• Renewable Resource 
• Nonrenewable Resource
• Leach
• Watershed

Pollution that comes from widespread areas, not just a particular area.

• Nonpoint Source
• Point Source
• Contaminant 
• Sediment

Which sources of energy are NOT considered renewable

• geothermal (heat)
• hydroelectric  (water)
• coal
• wind