Environmental Science Final Test

The study of the environment that includes the physical, biological, and social sciences:

• biology

• environmental science

• sociology

• physics

Air pollution is _________________________

• the addition of any substance that has harmful or toxic effects to air
• the addition of any good substance that benefits air
• a chemical reaction

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Food Web

• System of several overlapping food chains
• energy moving from one level to the next
• living/nonliving factors in an ecisystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Omnivore

• plant eaters
• plant & meat eaters
• meat eaters

Without the greenhouse effect, Earth's atmosphere would be __________ to support life.

• too hot

• too wet

• too dry

• too cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Carnivores

• Plant eater
• Meat eater
• Plane and meat eater

Ecosystem

• To feed on both plants and animals
• System of several overlapping food chains
• All the living/nonliving factors in an area

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The distance North or South of the equator, as measured in degrees is called

• altitude

• latitude

• longitude

• magnitude

Herbivores

• Plant eater
• Meat eater
• Plant and meat eater

The gases that make up Earth’s atmosphere are commonly referred to as air. What are the two most abundant gases in the atmosphere?

• nitrogen and carbon dioxide

• nitrogen and oxygen

• water vapor and argon

• oxygen and carbon dioxide