Managing Natural Resources

How will a mass transit system, like a subway system, affect an urban area?

• decrease air pollution
• decrease traffic congestion
• decrease the use of fossil fuels
• all of these

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

What happens when a forest is clear-cut?

• The mature trees are left for shade
• Only the valuable trees are cut and the rest are left
• All of the trees are removed from an area
• Trees are planted between rows of other crops

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Natural resources that are used up at a rate faster than they can be replaced

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resource

• recycle

• conserve

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A fuel, such as coal, oil, or natural gas, formed in the geological past from the decayed remains of ancient organisms, such as plants and animals?

• reduce

• conservation

• renewable resources

• fossil fuels

To control land, water, soil, plants and animals, with a particular focus on how management affects the quality of life for both present and future generations.

• natural resource management

• reduce

• conserve

• recycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

___________ is the protection, preservation, management, or restoration of natural resources.

• Conservation
• Fossil fuels
• Coal
• Renewable resources

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

If we don’t manage our resources,

• run the risk of running low or out of both renewable and nonrenewable resources.

• run the risk of running low or out of only renewable resources

• run the risk of running low or out of only nonrenewable resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Occurs when animal species ceases to exist

• extinction

• deforestation

• desertification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Occurs when there is a rapid depletion of plant life and the loss of topsoil

• extinction

• deforestation

• desertification

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Occurs when trees are clear cut for human uses

• extinction

• deforestation

• desertification

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5