Which of the following natural resources are nonrenewable?

• Water
• Animals
• Natural gas
• Wind

Any useful material that is found in nature:

• Natural Resource
• Human Resource
• Plants

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Claim: the consumption of natural resources by humans has a negative impact on the environment. What data would provide evidence for this claim?

• Increased human lifespan and increased ice cap size

• Increased human population and decreased habitats for plants and animals

• Increased consumption of resources by humans and increased biodiversity (variety) in nature

• Increased of fossil fuel burning by humans and decreased use of other resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Some factories that burn coal produce smoke with harmful chemicals, such as sulfur. Scrubbers are devices that are attached to the smokestacks to reduce the amount of sulfur put into the atmosphere. To evaluate the effectiveness of these devices, what data would need to be collected?

• The average amount of sulfur in a certain amount of coal

• The amount of coal a factory burns each year and how much sulfur it emits (produces)

• The increase in the use of scrubbers by factories that burn coal

• The amount of sulfur emitted (produced) by a smokestack before and after the scrubber is attached

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

As the human population increases, so does the consumption of natural resources. What are some ways this impacts natural ecosystems and environments?

• negative impact

• positive impact

• habitat loss

• environmental pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The people or animals living in a particular area.

• population

• species

• community

• consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The _____________ the human population, the ______________ the amount of resources being used.

• greater, greater

• greater, least

• least, greater

• least, least

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

This resource is formed by tiny animals that died in the ocean millions of years ago. Layers of mud pressed down on the dead animals. The mud eventually turned to rock. This rock put a lot of pressure on the dead animals. Rocks around them also heated them up

• Oil
• Coal
• Iron
• Renewable resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This resource comes from plants that died millions of years ago. Thick layers of rock and soil covered the dead plants. The pressure of the rocks and soil turned the plants into a solid

• Oil
• Copper
• Iron
• Coal

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Sunlight

• Nonrenewable resource
• Renewable resource

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6