Unit 6: Resource Management Vocabulary

Protecting something in its original state

• Conservation

• Pollution

• Stewardship

• Tradeoffs

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Resources found in nature that can be used by humans

• Natural resource

• Tradeoff

• Cost Benefit Analysis

• Nonrenewable energy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The process of determining whether the cost of doing something is 

   worth the benefits

• Conservation

• Cost benefit analysis

• Stewardship

• Tradeoffs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

Resource that is used much faster than it can be replaced

• Nonrenewable energy

• Renewable energy

• Stewardship

• Fossil fuel

Nonrenewable resources made from dead plants and animals

• Fossil fuel

• Solar energy

• Nuclear energy

• Hydropower energy

Responsible use of resources

• Stewardship

• Conservation

• Preservation

• Ownership

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Occur when something is given up to gain something else

• Conservation

• Cost benefit analysis

• Stewardship

• Tradeoffs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

 Resource that can be replaced as quickly as it is used or does not  run out when used

• Renewable energy

• Nonrenewable energy

• Fossil fuel

• Conservation