Sustainability Vocab

Largest number of individuals of a population that a environment can support

• population growth

• maximum load

• carrying capacity

• exponential growth

The impact of a person or community on an area based on the number of resources they use.

• ecological footprint

• limiting factor

• urbanization

• sustainabilty

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Idea that socially responsible companies will outperform their peers by focusing on the world's social problems and viewing them as opportunities to build profits and help the world at the same time

• ecological footprint

• resource engineering

• sustainability

• biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Release of harmful materials into the environment

• agriculture

• fertilizer

• ecological footprint

• pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

A change in the global temperature over the course of the past 20 years.

• greenhouse effect

• climate change

• habitat destruction

• ozone depletion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The practice of protecting and preserving natural resources and the environment.

• ecological footprint

• reduce, re-use, recycle

• conservation

• sustainability

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels derived from the ancient remains of plants and animals.

• renewable energy

• fossil fuels

• agricultural biomass

• green energy

warming that results when solar radiation is trapped by the atmosphere

• climate change

• global warming

• greenhouse effect

• ozone depletion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

any biotic or abiotic factor that restricts the existence, numbers, reproduction, or distribution of organisms.

• carrying capacity

• conservation

• limiting factors

• environmental limitations

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Most efficient waste and resource management technique

• recycle

• re-use

• reduce

• conservation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3