UNDERSTANDING OUR ENVIRONMENT

The ______revolution was characterized by a shift from human and animal power to fossil fuels

• industrial

• renewable

• agriculture

• french

Resources that can "last forever" are called

• non renewable

• renewable

• temporary

• sustainable

Environmental science is a study of the environment using many disciplines. (math, biology, chemisty, physics)

• true

• false

• both

• none of the above

________is the term that describe the number and different number of species that live in an area.

• biodiversity

• agriculture

• extinct

• invasive

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

______is a unwanted change in the air, water and soil that can affect health, survival or activities of humans

• evolution

• adaptation

• pollution

• none of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

all of the following are renewable resources except

• energy from the sun

• minerals

• crops

• fresh water

An important effect of the agricultural revolution was

• soil erosion

• habitat destruction

• plant and animal domestication

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Loss of biodiversity includes animals that are____

• endangered

• threatened

• invasive

• extinct

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

Agriculture is the practice of growing ,breeding and caring for plants and animals that are used for____

• food`

• clothing

• transportation

• all of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

A ___________resource is a resource that forms at a much slower rate than the rate that it is consumed(used).

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• fossil fuel

• none of the aboe