Earth Sustainability Pre-Test

_________ is the gas that is required for the life of most creatures.

• Nitrogen

• Oxygen

• Atmosphere

• Carbon Dioxide

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Which gas is constantly put into the atmosphere by plants and trees.

• Nitrogen

• Atmosphere

• Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide

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Earth is unique in the Solar System as being the only planet which is able to support life in all its forms: from basic living microorganisms to highly sophisticated and intelligent human beings.

What does this mean?

• All other plants can support life because they have breathable atmospheres

• Only intelligent human beings can be supported by Earth

• Earth has the ability to support life in any living form.

• The Solar System allows all planets to support life.

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Earth has a suitable climate. What does the word suitable mean?

• Right for the situation or purpose

• Doesn’t work for the situation or purpose

• Frozen temperatures

• Hot Climates 

There are “ingredients to life”. Earth is the only planet that supports life. What do YOU need to live on Earth?

• Carbon dioxide, water, and food

• Oxygen, water, light/energy

• Butter, salt, corn

• Nitrogen, CO2, Water

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All life on Earth depends on the environment. The natural resources that come from the environment include food, water, plants, and minerals.

After reading the statement above, what can you conclude the word sustainable means?

•  meeting our own needs without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

•  This is present in Earth's atmosphere and also in water. Oxygen is constantly put into the atmosphere by plants and trees

• Right for the situation or purpose

• None of the above

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What contributes to Earth's ability to sustain life?

• The atmosphere is breathable due to a unique mixture of gasses

• The atmosphere prevents ALL space debris from reaching the surface due to the ozone layer

• The atmosphere is extremely thin because of the sun's temperature

• The atmosphere is allows ALL of the sun's radiation to enter due to Earth's distance from the Sun

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Life is more likely to be found on a planet whose atmosphere contains an abundance of oxygen. What does the word abundance mean?

• Not enough

• The right amount

• A lot of

• oxygen

Which of the following is MOST necessary for life to develop on another planet?

• Warm soil

• Rocky Surfaces

• liquid water

• atmospheric oxygen

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Earth’s distance from the sun helps the planet sustain life. If the sun were larger what would most likely also have to be true for Earth to sustain life?

• Earth would have to be further from the sun

• Earth would have to be closer to the Sun

• Earth would have to be smaller

• Earth would have to be larger