Earth's Systems and Human Impact

"the ability to do work"

Energy is how things change

and move.

• water scarcity

• pollution

• climate change

• consumption

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

The act or process of using

up or consuming.

• water scarcity

• pollution

• climate change

• consumption

• energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Poisons, wastes, or other

materials that pollute.

• water scarcity

• pollution

• climate change

• consumption

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A change in global and regional climate

patterns attributed to an increase in

atmospheric carbon dioxide from the

burning of fossil fuels.

• water scarcity

• pollution

• climate change

• consumption

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Lack of drinkable water

available in a given area.

• water scarcity

• pollution

• climate change

• consumption

• energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A deep hole or area of holes

made in the earth to retrieve

minerals such as gold or coal.

• mining

• transportation

• interaction

• global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The process by which plants

give off water vapor through

openings in their leaves.

• mining

• transportation

• interaction

• global winds

The Earth has consistent

wind patterns when looked at

from a global scale.

• mining

• transportation

• interaction

• global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

A change or event in one sphere

often results in a change in one or

more of the other spheres.

• mining

• transportation

• interaction

• global winds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

The process of carbon travelling

from the atmosphere into

organisms in the Earth and then

back into the atmosphere over and

over again.

• Earth

• water cycle

• rock cycle

• Carbon cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3