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 claims 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 sustainable practices in community, home, and individual contexts.
  • Make, support, and evaluate claims about how human activities affect Earth's resources.
  • Compare environmental effects related to various energy sources in Virginia.