Human Impact

comes from sources that will run out or will not be replenished in our lifetimes, or even in many, many lifetimes

• Renewable Resource
• Nonrenewable Resource
• Nuclear Energy
• Hydroelectric Power

a clean and efficient way of boiling water to make steam, which turns turbines to produce electricity. Heat is produced by splitting the nucleus of an atom, called fission

• Fossil Fuels
• Pollution
• Geothermal Energy
• Nuclear Power

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Comes from sources that cannot run out and can supply a source of clean energy

• Renewable Resource
• Nonrenewable Resource
• Fossil Fuels
• Deforestation

the introduction of harmful materials into the environment

• Ecological Footprint
• Wind Power
• Pollution
• Deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

non-renewable energy sources such as coal, coal products, natural gas, derived gas, crude oil, and petroleum products. These fuels originate from plants and animals that existed in the past

• Fossil Fuels
• Pollution
• Biomass Fuels
• Geothermal Energy

The clearing of forested land.

• Conservation
• Ecological Footprint
• Pollution
• Deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Fuel that is made from biomass. Biomass is renewable organic material that comes from plants and animals.

• Fossil Fuels
• Biomass Fuels
• Hydroelectric Power
• Geothermal Energy

The process by which the wind is used to generate mechanical power or electricity

• Wind Power
• Nuclear Power
• Solar Energy
• Renewable Resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

the impact of a person or community on the environment

• Conservation
• Pollution
• Ecological Footprint
• Environmental Science

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A renewable source of energy that generates power by using a dam or diversion structure to alter the natural flow of a river or other body of water

• Geothermal Energy
• Hydroelectric Power
• Nuclear Power
• Renewable Resource

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS3-2

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4