Science and the Environment Test

What is the study of the air, water, and land surrounding an organism or a community, which ranges from a small area to Earth's entire biosphere?

• Ecology

• Environmental Science

• Biology

• Earth Science

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A major goal of environmental science is to understand and solve environmental problems. To accomplish this goal, environmental scientists study two main types of interactions between humans and their environment:

MARK ALL THAT APPLY!!!

• How our actions alter the environment

• The practice of agriculture

• The use of natural resources like water, coil, and oil.

• Allowing resources to be depleted

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

All of the items below are renewable except for one:

• Wood

• Energy from the sun

• Fossil Fuels

• Soil

What is an undesirable change in the natural environment that is caused by the introduction of substances that are harmful to living organisms or by excessive wastes, heat, noise, or radiation.

• Global Warning

• Agricultural Revolution

• None of the above

• Pollution

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the study of interactions of living organisms with one another and with their environment.

• Biology

• Chemistry

• Ecology

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is the study of matter and energy?

• Biology

• Physics

• Chemistry

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

NGSS.MS-PS3-1

NGSS.MS-PS3-2

What is the study of living things?

• Biology

• Ecology

• Chemistry

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Who was the ecologist that argued that the main difficulty in solving environmental problems is the conflict between the short-term interests of the individual and the long-term welfare of society.

• Garry Harvey

• Garrett Hardin

• Jeffery Harnold

• None of the above

What is a tool that helps us create cost effective ways to protect our health and environment?

• Risk-assessment

• Sustainability

• Cost-benefit Analysis

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

What is a law of economics that states as the demand for a good or service increases, the value or the food or services also increases.

• The law of supply and demand

• The law of slash and burn

• The law of the commons

• The law of the sustainability