Topic 6 1st Half Vocabulary

Anything naturally occurring in the environment that humans use.

• Natural Response

• Natural Resource

• Human Resource

• Useable

A resource that is either always available or is naturally replaced.

• Urbanization

• Fossil Fuels

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Renewable Resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

Clean energy resources that do not come from fossil fuels

• Alternative

• Nonrenewable

• Sustainably

• Natural

A condition in which the number of humans grows beyond what the available resources can support.

• Deforestion

• Urbanization

• Overpopulation

• Too Many

Energy rich substances formed by the REMAINS of organisms.

• Fossil Fuels

• Renewable Resources

• Urbanization

• Pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A natural resource that is NOT replaced in a useful time frame.

• Responsible Resource

• Natural Resource

• Nonrenewable Resource

• Renewable Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

A mineral deposit large enough & valuable enough for it to be extracted from the ground.

• Oil

• Gold

• Pollution

• Ore

Contamination of Earth's land, water, mor air through the release of harmful substances into the environment.

• Overpopulation

• Pollution

• Deforestation

• Destroyed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A process involving people moving from rural agricultural areas into densely populated regions or cities.

• Deforestation

• Pollution

• Urbanization

• Overpopulation

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

The removal of trees 🌲 & other vegetation from an area.

• Deforestation

• Desertification

• Tree Removal

• Geothermal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4