Natural Resources and Human Impact

Resources that are obtained from the earth

• global warming

• pollution

• natural resources

• nature's bounty

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resources

• fossil fuels

• pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A natural resource that is not replaced in a useful time frame.

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• reforestation

• atmosphere

Coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals.

• animal relics

• fossil fuels

• reforestation

• fossils

clearing of trees in a forested area

• reforestation

• deforestation

• pollution

• biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

planting trees to replace lost forestland

• deforestation

• reforestation

• ecology

• recycling

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Introduction of harmful materials into the environment

• reforestation

• fossil fuel

• pollution

• global warming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The slow warming of Earth's atmosphere due to climatic change

• atmospheric heating

• sun's radiation

• earth core

• global warming

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Select all that are renewable resources

• plants

• coal

• sunlight

• oil

• animals

Select all that are nonrenewable resources

• wind

• natural gas

• water

• coal

• uranium