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What is the correct definition of Environmental Science? 

• The study on how humans affect the natural environment. 
• The study of how organisms interact with one another. 
• The study of the Earth. 
• The study of living organisms

To make something last, to reuse, is an example of 

• environmental science 
• sustainability 
• carrying capacity 
• limiting factors

What characteristic do all renewable resources share?

• Produced by waste products of animals
• Form underground from dead organisms
• Allow energy to pass through them easily
• Replaced in a reasonably short time period

Wind is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

Oil is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The study of the air, water, and land surrounding the organism or community, which ranges from a small area to Earth's entire Biosphere; It includes the study of the impact of humans on the environment

• Biology
• Ecology
• Environmental Science
• Geology

The environment contains

• living things only.
• non-living things only.
• both living and non-living things.
• only artificial things.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Select the best definition for the term biodiversity.

• able to decompose or break down naturally
• the variety of organisms in an area
• organic
• a native species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The term Ecological Footprint includes

• the environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required.
• providing raw materials the individual or population consumes.
• disposal or recycling of waste the individual or population produces.
• all of the other options are correct

which of Earth's spheres consists of the layers of gases surrounding our planet?

• geosphere

• biosphere

• atmosphere

• hydrosphere