Environments and Sustainability

Natural processes that support humans and the natural world.

• Natural Capital

• Ecosystem Services

• Natural Resources

• Inexhaustible Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Natural processes that support humans and the natural world.

• Natural Capital

• Ecosystem Services

• Natural Resources

• Inexhaustible Resources

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Examples include lumber, food, cotton, and wool.

• Inexhaustible Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Renewable Resources

• Ecosystem Services

The amount of land and water needed to supply an individual or population with the goods and services they utilize.

• Natural Capital

• Ecosystem Services

• Ecological Degradation

• Environmental Footprint

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When the ecological footprint of humans is larger than the environments ability to replenish resources or absorb waste/pollution.

• Ecological Deficit

• Environmental Worldview

• Natural Capital

• Non-point Source Pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

When the source of waste or pollution cannot be easily located, examples include runoff from farm fields and ocean plastic.

• Point Source Pollution

• Non-point Source Pollution

• Environmental Degradation

• Conservation

When a shared resource is misused or depleted by individuals acting in their own self interest.

• Ecological Deficit

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Human Centered Worldview

• Tragedy of the Commons

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

All the available resources and services that are available in the environment.

• Natural Capital

• Renewable Resources

• Environmental Capacity

• Carrying Capacity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

When the price of goods and services includes the environmental and health costs associated with providing that good or service.

• Ecological Deficit

• Full-cost Pricing

• Sustainable Catch

• Optimal Yield Economics

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Harmful effects include degradation of forests, topsoil, grasslands, fisheries and wildlife population due to short-term needs.

• Affluence

• Isolation from Nature

• Poverty

• Population Growth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4