NGSS · Earth & Space Science · Grades 6–8 (Middle School)

MS-ESS3-4 Human Impact: Population, Consumption & Earth's Systems

Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.

Kentucky 8-ESS3-4 uses the same wording.

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