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Unit 9: Resources—Human impact on the environment



Unit 9: Resources—Human
impact on the environment




 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 


 

Topics /


Essential Questions


Weeks 14-15


 

NC Standards and objectives


 

Reading Assignment/


powerpoints


 

Homework /


Labs and Activities


 

Some


Key Terms

 

What are natural resources
 and how do they form?





What is meant by the
 sustainable use of resources?





What are conservation and
 stewardship practices of our area and NC in areas such as:


·1    Agriculture


·2    Land
 use patterns


·3    Transportation


·4    Wildlife


·5    Forestry


·6    Mining


·7    Fisheries
 and marine environments








 

2.06 Investigate and
 analyze the importance and impact of the economic development of earth’s
 finite rock, mineral, soil, fossil fuel and other natural resources to
 society and our daily lives: availability, geographic distribution,
 conservation, recycling, environmental impact, challenge of rehabilitation of
 disturbed lands


 

Chap. 25-27


 

“Investigate the history of
 mining in NC “





“Research conservation and
 stewardship practices in your local area and in NC”


 

Conservation


Stewardship


Sustainable
 (Sustainability)


Non-renewable


renewable

 

What are the advantages and
 disadvantages of using traditional and alternative sources of energy?


1.     traditional


        coal, oil, nuclear, natural gas


2.     alternative


       wind, solar, geothermal, etc.


 


 

2.07 Analyze the sources
 and impacts of society’s use of energy: renewable and nonrenewable sources,
 the impact of human choices on Earth and its systems


 




 

Research the various types
 of energy—make posters, brochures , or powerpoint presentations on one or
 more types of energy


 

Geothermal


Biomass


Biodiesel


Solar


Nuclear fission































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