Human Impacts on the Environment MS-ESS3-4

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The biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the Earth's spheres

Carbon cycle

The biogeochemical cycle by which carbon is exchanged among the Earth's spheres. carbon cycle. The carbon cycle is the process where carbon moves through the air, ground, plants, animals, and back into the atmosphere.

The largest population that an environment can support

Carrying capacity

The largest population that an environment can support. Carrying capacity. Carrying capacity is the maximum number of living things that an environment can support without running out of resources.

the careful management and use of resources

Conservation explained in an easy to understand way.

an energy source made of the remains of organisms that lived long ago, like coal or oil

Fossil fuel explained in an easy to understand way.

the warming of the Earth when the atmosphere traps heat like a blanket

Greenhouse effect explained in an easy to understand way.

A material or an energy source in the environment, like trees, water or wind

Natural resource

A material or an energy source in the environment, like trees, water, or wind natural resource. Natural resources are things we use from nature to live and make things, like wood for houses or wind for energy.