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| Level2 = Identify the evidence that supports a given argument that human population and consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. | | Level2 = Identify the evidence that supports a given argument that human population and consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems. | ||
| Level1 = Identify an argument that describes a relationship between human consumption of a natural resource and the impact on an Earth’s system. | | Level1 = Identify an argument that describes a relationship between human consumption of a natural resource and the impact on an Earth’s system. | ||
| − | | Example1 = [[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q5|Spring 2026 Question 14]] | + | | Example1 = [[Questions:The Changing Landscape of Niagara Falls#q5|Spring 2026 Question 14]], [[Questions:The Lake Erie Ecosystem#q4|Spring 2025 Question 13]], [[Questions:Reservoirs and Town Water Districts#q3|Spring 2024 Question 19]] |
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Revision as of 08:09, 18 October 2026
Construct an argument supported by evidence for how increases in human population and per-capita consumption of natural resources impact Earth’s systems.
Clarification statement: Examples of evidence could include grade-appropriate databases on human populations and the rates of consumption of food and natural resources (such as freshwater, mineral, and energy). Examples of impacts could include changes to the appearance, composition, and structure of Earth’s systems as well as the rates at which they change. The consequences of increases in human populations and consumption of natural resources are described by science, but science does not make the decisions for the actions society takes.
Grade 8 Science Test Questions
Released New York State Grade 8 science test questions that assess MS-ESS3-4 are listed here by test and question cluster. Each link opens the question with its answer key.
Vocabulary
Terms from the Middle School Science Glossary that come from this standard or from the released Grade 8 Science Test questions that assess it.
- argument
- consumption
- Earth's systems
- energy
- evidence
- food
- freshwater
- human population
- mineral
- natural resource
- per-capita consumption
- population growth
- rate of change
- society
- technology
- agriculture – Spring 2025
- contaminate – Spring 2024
- ecosystem – Spring 2025, Spring 2024
- erosion – Spring 2026
- escarpment – Spring 2026
- evaporation – Spring 2026
- fish habitat – Spring 2025
- flood – Spring 2025
- flow rate – Spring 2026
- groundwater – Spring 2025
- habitat – Spring 2025
- human activity – Spring 2026
- hydroelectric power – Spring 2026
- inference – Spring 2024
- irrigation – Spring 2025
- lake level – Spring 2025
- mineral deposit – Spring 2024
- model – Spring 2026
- organism – Spring 2025, Spring 2024
- pollutant – Spring 2025
- power station – Spring 2026
- public water supply – Spring 2025
- reservoir – Spring 2026, Spring 2024
- river channel – Spring 2026, Spring 2024
- running average – Spring 2024
- shoreline ecosystem – Spring 2025
- stability – Spring 2025
- surface water – Spring 2025
- water consumption – Spring 2025
- water level – Spring 2024
- water quality – Spring 2024
- water supply – Spring 2024
- water usage – Spring 2024
- water use – Spring 2024
- waterfall – Spring 2026
- watershed – Spring 2025
- weathering – Spring 2026
- well (water well) – Spring 2024
Performance Level Descriptions
Every Grade 8 Science Test question on MS-ESS3-4 is written to match one of the performance level descriptions (PLDs) below.
Resources
Examples and discussion of resources for the learning, teaching, and assessment of MS-ESS3-4.
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NGSS Dimensions
Performance expectation MS-ESS3-4 was developed using the following elements from the NRC document A Framework for K-12 Science Education:
- Engaging in Argument from Evidence
- Construct an oral and written argument supported by empirical evidence and scientific reasoning to support or refute an explanation or a model for a phenomenon or a solution to a problem.
- ESS3.C: Human Impacts on Earth Systems
- Typically as human populations and per-capita consumption of natural resources increase, so do the negative impacts on Earth unless the activities and technologies involved are engineered otherwise.
- Cause and Effect
- Cause and effect relationships may be used to predict phenomena in natural or designed systems.