Earth's Resources

Virginia SOL ENV.6

Investigate and understand that Earth's resources are finite and should be conserved.

What students need to be able to do

  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how sustainable and unsustainable natural resources affect organisms.
  • Compare geologic and chemical processes responsible for filtering, cycling, and storing Earth's freshwater resources.
  • Debate advantages and disadvantages of a sustainable practice in a community, home, and as an individual.
  • Make, support, and evaluate a claim about how human activities affect Earth's resources.
  • Compare environmental effects related to the various energy sources in Virginia.