VOCAB #12: Natural Resources

The largest number of individuals of one species that an ecosystem can support over time

• population

• carrying capacity

• urban sprawl

• deforestation

The development of desertlike conditions due to human activities and/or climate change

• urban sprawl

• deforestation

• carrying capacity

• desertification

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Resources that are used faster than they can be replaced by natural processes

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• non-point source pollution

• point-source pollution

All the organisms of the same species that live in the same area at the same time

• carrying capacity

• population

• urban sprawl

• desertification

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Resources that can be replaced by natural processes in a relatively short amount of time

• nonrenewable resources

• urban sprawl

• renewable resources

• point-source pollution

A major environmental problem because it increases the amount of ultraviolet (UV) radiation that reaches Earth's surface, which increases the rate of skin cancer, eye cataracts, and genetic and immune system damage.

• ozone depletion

• nonpoint-source pollution

• point-source pollution

• global warming

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

Increase in Earth’s average surface temperature

• greenhouse effect

• global warming

• ozone depletion

• non-point source pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

The removal of large areas of forests for human purposes

• reclamation

• greenhouse effect

• reforestation

• deforestation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Thermal energy from Earth's interior

• biomass energy

• geothermal energy

• solar energy

• resource

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-3

Electricity produced by flowing water

• biomass energy

• solar energy

• hydroelectric power

• geothermal energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4