Analyzing Per Capita Consumption

the amount of a resource that one person consumes in a given amount of time

• per capita consumption

• population

• growth rate

• population trend

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How can a city decrease its per capita consumption of water?

• it can find a new source of water for the city

• it can encourage each citizen to use less water

• it can increase the total amount of water available

• it can limit the amount of new people moving into the city

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A population stays the same, but the per capita consumption goes up. What happens to the overall resource use?

• overall resource use increases

• overall resource use decreases

• overall resource remains the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The population stays the same, but the per capita consumption goes down. What happens to the overall resource use?

• overall resource use increases

• overall resource use decreases

• overall resource remains the same

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The population increases, but the per capita consumption stays the same. What happens to the overall resource use?

• Overall resource use decreases

• Overall resource remains the same

• Overall resource use increases

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A city determines the average amount of electricity used by its residents over a year. Which term is used for this specific calculation?

• resource depletion

• population growth

• environmental reclamation

• per capita consumption

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4