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| I Can Statements | Academic Vocabulary |
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| I can describe how environmental policies/decisions have negative and positive impacts on people.
I can describe how environmental policies/decisions have negative and positive impacts on societies. I can describe how environmental policies/decisions have negative and positive impacts on the environment. |
Environmental policy |
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| Stability and Change |
| Looking Back | Looking Ahead |
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| Explain environmental policies/organizations (Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Endangered Species Act, Species Survival Plan, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Department of Energy, and the World Health Organization) and identify their impact. (Env.4.1) | Identify the indirect and direct threats to biodiversity (e.g. habitat loss and destruction, invasion by exotic species, commercial over fishing and hunting, pollution, climate change, and bioaccumulation and biomagnification of toxins). (Env.5.5) |