---
title: "SEV4: Human Impact on Natural Resources (Georgia Science standard)"
code: SEV4
cite_as: Georgia Standards of Excellence, Science, SEV4
subject: science
grades:
  - high-school
language: en
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# SEV4: Human Impact on Natural Resources

Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to analyze human impact on natural resources.

- Subject: Science
- Appears in: High School, https://georgiahomeroom.org/standards/science/high-school.md

## Expectations

- **SEV4.a**: Construct and revise a claim based on evidence on the effects of human activities on natural resources. * Human Activities * Agriculture * Forestry * Ranching * Mining * Urbanization * Fishing * Water use * Pollution * Desalination * Waste water treatment * Natural Resources * Land * Water * Air * Organisms
- **SEV4.b**: Design, evaluate, and refine solutions to reduce human impact on the environment including, but not limited to, smog, ozone depletion, urbanization, and ocean acidification.
- **SEV4.c**: Construct an argument to evaluate how human population growth affects food demand and food supply (GMOs, monocultures, desertification, Green Revolution).

## Georgia Milestones coverage

No Georgia Milestones blueprint cites this standard.

Source: Georgia Standards of Excellence, published by the Georgia Department of Education at case.georgiastandards.org.