Human Impacts on the Environment Vocabulary

The process of making new, useful products from waste materials

• litter

• fossil fuel

• recycling

• renewable resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A natural fuel, such as gas or coal, that formed over several thousands of years and is nonrenewable.

• solar energy

• fossil fuel

• nonrenewable resource

• conservation

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

Garbage left on land.

• litter

• fossil fuel

• recycling

• landfill

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

The addition of unwanted or harmful materials into the environment.

• litter

• landfill

• decompose

• pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The process by which rock and soil are carried to new locations by wind, water, and ice.

• erosion

• weathering

• deposition

• landfill

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Something that can be used which can be replaced naturally.

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• conservation

• litter

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Something that cannot be easily replaced as fast as it is being used up.

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• conservation

• litter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The act of planning ahead to best protect the environment.

• litter

• renewable resources

• recycling

• conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Area set aside to bury waste materials.

• conservation

• recycling

• landfill

• city park

To break down into simpler pieces or particles.

• erosion

• deposition

• decompose

• landfill

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3