Natural Resource Management

Which form of surface mining causes "valley fill", damaging head water streams and forests?

• Strip mining

• Mountaintop removal

• Open pit mining

• Quarrying

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

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

• Conservation

• Fossil fuels

• Coal

• Renewable resources

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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

George operates a fishery. Last month, he noticed that the number of fish had decreased. Which discipline can provide valuable information to an environmental scientist to help solve George’s problem? The field of _______________ can help solve the problem. It is a broad field that involves the study of _______________ resources, such as forests, crops, and fisheries.

• social science

• agricultural science

• human health science

• agricultural

• economical

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

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

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

• extinction

• deforestation

• desertification

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

National and State Parks help conserve

• Land, animals, and plants

• fossil fuels

• wind and solar energy

• nuclear power plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5