Natural Resources Vocabulary

a product in the environment that is used by humans

• natural resource

• conservation

• sustainable development

• resource depletion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

a natural resource that can be replaced in a human's lifetime

• natural resource

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• resource depletion

a natural resource that cannot be replaced during a human's lifetime

• natural resource

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• resource depletion

Nonrenewable resources like oil, coal, and natural gas

• natural resource

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• fossil fuel

the wise use of natural resources

• conservation

• resource depletion

• overfishing

• development

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

the continued reduction in the supply of a natural resource

• conservation

• resource depletion

• overfishing

• sustainable development

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

the process of turning productive land into deserts

• deforestation

• resource depletion

• overfishing

• desertification

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

the process of completely clearing a forest

• deforestation

• resource depletion

• overfishing

• desertification

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

the practice of harvesting fish at a rate faster than the population can renew its numbers

• deforestation

• resource depletion

• overfishing

• desertification

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

finding ways to use resources to meet human needs in a way that does not destroy or deplete the resources for future generations

• business

• resource depletion

• natural resources

• sustainable development

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1