Ecology chapter1

Any natural materials that are used by humans, such as water, petroleum, minerals, forests, and animals.

• natural resources

• ecological footprint

• pollution

• biodegradable

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

a calculation that shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country

• pollution

• biodegradable

• ecological footprint

• nonrenewable resource

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

an undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms or by excessive wastes, heat, noise, or radiation

• biodegradable

• pollution

• nonrenewable resource

• Ecology

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a material that can be broken down by biological processes

• biodegradable

• ecology

• law of supply and demand

• Sustainability

The study of how living things interact with each other and their environment

• pollution

• Ecology

• ecological footprint

• natural resources

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A law of economics which states that when supplies of goods and services become plentiful, prices tend to drop. When supplies become scarcer, prices tend to rise.

• Sustainability

• law of supply and demand

• agriculture

• renewable resource

The condition in which human population needs are met in such a way that human population can survive indefinitely

• agriculture

• renewable resource

• Environmental Science

• Sustainability

The raising of crops and livestock for food or for other products that are useful to humans

• Ecology

• agriculture

• renewable resource

• Biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed

• agriculture

• Sustainability

• renewable resource

• law of supply and demand

Refers to the variety of organisms that live in a given area, the genetic variation within a population

• Ecology

• biodegradable

• Biodiversity

• The law of supply and demand

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS3-1

NGSS.MS-LS4-4