7+Natural+Resources

**7th Grade: Natural Resources **


Key Idea 7: Human decisions and activities have had a profound impact on the physical and living environment.** ||~  ||
 * = **Month** || **November** ||~  ||
 * = **Duration** || **2 Weeks** ||~  ||
 * = **Content** || **Natural Resources: Fossil Fuels, Renewable vs. Non-renewable resources, Human Impact on the Environment** ||~  ||
 * = **Key Ideas** || **Standard 4: The Living Environment
 * = **Standards** || * //**Performance Indicator 7.1: Describe how living things, including humans, depend upon the living and nonliving environment for their survival**//
 * **7.1e: The environment may contain dangerous levels of substances (pollutants) that are harmful to organisms. Therefore, the good health of environments and individuals requires the monitoring of soil, air and water and taking steps to keep them safe.**
 * //**Performance Indicator 7.2: Describe the effects of environmental changes on humans and other populations**//
 * **7.2c: Overpopulation by any species impacts the environment due to the increased use of resources. Human activities can bring about environmental degradation through resource acquisition, urban growth, land-use decisions, waste disposal, etc.**
 * **7.2d: Since the Industrial Revolution, human activities have resulted in major pollution of air, water, and soil. Pollution has cumulative ecological effects such as acid rain, global warming or ozone depletion. The survival of living things on our planet depends on the conservation and protection of Earth's resources.** ||  ||
 * = **Relevant Vocabulary** || **coal, oil, natural gas, fossil fuels, pollution, global warming, greenhouse effect, ozone depletion, conservation, sustainability, overpopulation, renewable resources, nonrenewable resources, alternative energy, acid rain** ||  ||
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