Environmental Science Test #1 Review

The study of how humans interact with the environment

• environmental science

• biology

• ecology

• physics

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is ecology?

• the study of rocks

• the study of relationships between organisms and their environments

• the study of the ocean

• the study of animals and plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The raising of crops and livestock for food or for other products that are useful to humans

• Agriculture

• Industry

• Biology

• Consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Agriculture is best defined as 

• the hunting and gathering
• the altering genetic material of plants
• the cultivation of plants/domesticating animals
• using technology to increase production

What was the agriculture revolution?

• The production of machines

• The growth of agriculture and the impact it had on humans

• The dying off of important plants

• People standing up against Climate Change

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What type of short-term farming clears land by destroying and burning all the trees and plants on it?

• Slash and Mash

• Smash and Burn

• Slash and Burn

• Clear and Burn

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

The combination of resources, improved transportation, and technological breakthroughs all led to the

• Agriculture Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Better Planet Act

Which of the following is not a level of environmental issues?

• Local

• Regional

• Universal

• Global

Anything from nature that living things use is called a ______________.

• energy
• pollution
• food
• natural resource

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A resource is considered renewable if it -

• can be created only over millions of years

• is made of Earths’ materials like rocks and minerals

• can be replaced in a relatively short amount of time

• is useful to humans in making energy and materials