Environment

What is the environment?

• a branch of science and technology concerned with the design, building, and use of engines

• everything around us including the air, soil, water, plants, and animals

• the abstract science of number, quantity, and space

• various aspects of human society

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What is a biome?

• a large group of similar ecosystems like the desert, savanna, and rainforest

• dependace within species

• living things in an ecosystem

• the recycling of nutrients

What is an ecosystem?

• nonliving things only

• living things only

• an area where living organisms interact with nonliving things to survive

• the regions of the atmosphere

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When ecosystems are damaged by man, then some living organisms may not be able to survive.

• true

• false

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What is environmental science?

• the study of numbers and how they are related to each other

• the process of creating and building structures

• the study of the movements and positions of celestial bodies

• studies the environment and how the earth works. studies how humans have impacted the Earth's environment and how we can reduce the impact that humans have on the environment

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Renewable energy

• the burning of fossil fuels like coal and oil

• uses energy sources that cannot be "used up" like the wind and the sun

• living things in an ecosystem

• energy flow in a food chain

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What cause of land pollution produces large holes in the ground and can cause erosion?

• garbage

• landfills

• mining

• farming

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What cause of land pollution uses chemicals such as pesticides and herbicides?

• garbage

• landfills

• mining

• farming

How can land pollution harm the environment?

• it is ugly and can destroy the beauty of nature

• it can destroy the habitats of animals

• it can allow for harmful chemicals to enter the soil and can release greenhouse gases

• all of the above

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what do we call large areas where garbage is placed on the land?

• landfills

• mines

• trash lands

• garbage lands