Pollution and Conservation

What is a resource?

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.K.7

________ are resources that can be replaced during a human lifetime.

• Nonrenewable resources

• Renewable resources

______ are resources that cannot be replaced in a human lifetime.

• Nonrenewable resource

• Renewable resource

What three ways (the "3 Rs") can you conserve?

In 2010, which source of air pollution was the greatest?

In 2012, what was the different between pollution from industry and pollution from transportation?

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

In 2012, which two sources of air pollution were the greatest?

Which of the following is an example of a question a student could ask to determine whether the environment has been affected by a factor polluting a lake?

• Have new insects moved into the region?

• Are more birds nesting in trees?

• Have local trees grown taller?

• Are there fewer plants and animals?

How can litter in a park be harmful to wild animals living there?

• Litter makes it hard for animals to move around.

• Litter can make animals sick if they eat it.

• Litter might attract more insects.

• Litter has to be picked up by park workers.

Tags

CCSS.RI.2.9

CCSS.RI.4.8

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Think about pollution in an environment and what we can do to prevent it. Why are littering and polluting harmful?

Write a description of what you see in the picture. How is the trash in the picture harmful to the plants and animals in the beach environment? What is something we could do to help make the beach safer for the plants and animals that live there?

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5