Environmental Studies Chapter 1 Section 1

Pick the letter of the term that best matches the description.

Earth as a “closed system”

• a. biodiversity

• b. biodegradable

• c. renewable resource

• d. nondegradable

• e. “spaceship Earth”

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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energy from the sun

• a. biodiversity

• b. biodegradable

• c. renewable resource

• d. nondegradable

• e. “spaceship Earth”

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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mercury, lead, and some plastics

• a. biodiversity

• b. biodegradable

• c. renewable resource

• d. nondegradable

• e. “spaceship Earth”

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

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may be broken down by natural processes

• a. biodiversity

• b. biodegradable

• c. renewable resource

• d. nondegradable

• e. “spaceship Earth”

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the number and variety of species that live in the area

• a. biodiversity

• b. biodegradable

• c. renewable resource

• d. nondegradable

• e. “spaceship Earth”

Because environmental science encompasses so many different fields of study, it is said to be a(n) _________ science.

• a. ecological

• b. interdisciplinary

• c. social

• d. human

Which period in human history occurred prior to the others listed below.

• a. hunter-gatherer

• b. Industrial Revolution

• c. post-Industrial Revolution

• d. agricultural revolution

To survive hunter-gatherers changed their environment by

• a. burning the prairies to prevent trees from growing.

• b. spreading plants to areas beyond where they originally grew.

• c. Both (a) and (b)

• d. Neither (a) nor (b)

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During the agricultural revolution,

• a. plants and animals were domesticated.

• b. fossil fuel use increased.

• c. human populations decreased due to disease.

• d. Both (a) and (c)

The was not a direct result of the Industrial Revolution.

• a. overhunting of large mammals

• b. shift to the use of fossil fuels

• c. improvement in quality of life

• d. growth of cities