Environmental Science Midterm 2022-2023

Environmental Science is the study of..?

• Earth, Wind, and Fire

• Air, Water, and Land

• None of the Above

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

One positive change from the industrial revolution is?

• increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

• new technology ex. the light bulb

• increased dumping of industrial waste products

What should environmental scientists do with their research?

• Keep it to themselves

• Share it with other scientists and the public

• Give up, its a lost cause

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Pollution is an undesirable change in the environment caused by..?

• decrease in the animal life

• the introduction of harmful substances

• increase in the plant life

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

How long would it take for a nonrenewable resource to be replenished if it was completely used up?

• 100s of years

• 1 year

• 1,000,000's of years

A food web can include many food chains. Arrows in a food chain represent the flow of...?

• Energy

• Producers

• Heat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

What percentage of energy is passed up to the next level in the food chain?

• 5%

• 10%

• 100%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the food chain the remaining energy that is not passed to the next level is given off as...?

• Power

• Heat

• Trophics

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All living things depend on...?

• Each other

• One species

• The Ocean

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies

• Warm rain

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5