Midterm Envi Sci

All living things and nonliving things in nature

• A. biodiversity

• B. built environment

• C. natural environment

• D. sustainable society

Form of matter that moves in all directions and spread evenly throughout the container

• A gas

• B. liquid

• C. plasma

• D. solid

Absorbs cosmic rays and electromagnetic radiation from the sun

• A. atmosphere

• B. biosphere

• C. hydrosphere

• D. lithosphere

Place where organisms meet the conditions that are needed to survive

• A. Artificial environment

• B. Built -in environment

• C. Habitat

• D. Natural environment

The period when humans began to farm and raise animals

• A. agricultural revolution

• B. industrial revolution

• C. green revolution

• D. technological revolution

6. Not a major requirement for the survival of all living things

• A. clothes

• B. energy

• C. oxygen

• D. nutrients

The period when humans started using machines to produce goods

• A. agricultural revolution

• B. environmental challenges

• C. industrial revolution

• D. scientific revolution

Term for Overpopulation, overconsumption and loss of biodiversity

• A. environmental challenges

• B. environmental factors

• C. pollution

• D. tragedies

The use of more resources than the environment can support

• A. excessive use

• B. gaining

• C. over consumption

• D. wasteful

Moral principles that guide people’s actions

• A. compass

• B. ethics

• C. instincts

• D. knowledge