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__________________is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect the environment.

• Environmentalism

• Biocentrism

• Environmental Science

• Ecological footprint

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A person holding a sign during a protest against cutting down trees in a forest would be considered a(n)________

• Environmentalist

• peer review

• ecological footprint

• environmetal scientist

A natural resource that is naturally formed much more slowly than we use it is called

• renewable

• ecological

• non-renewable

• sustainable

Which of the following is an example of a renewable natural resource

• crude oil

• wave energy

• coal

• copper

The U.S average footprint is _______times larger than the world average footprint.

• 2

• 2.7

• 3.3

• 5

• 6.7

The scientific method is a process that involves_______

• observation alone

• testing hypothesis that are built on observations

• the fact that hypothesis can be proven

• quantitative data alone

• educated guess

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All the biotic and abiotic things with which organisms interact is called ___.

• an environment

• environmental science

• environmentalism

The difference between environmental science and environmentalism is ___.

• environmental science studies how the natural world works.

• environmentalism studies how the natural world works

• environmental science is a social movement to protect the natural world

• environmentalism is unbiased

True or false: environmentalism is a social movement dedicated to understanding how the natural world works.

• True

• False- it is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from harmful changes due to human activity

• False- it is a social movement dedicated to studying how the environment affects humanity

• False- it is a social movement dedicated to studying how humanity affects the environment

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A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon is a(n) ___.

• hypothesis

• theory

• law

• variable

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