Introduction to Environmental Science Vocabulary

_____-includes all living (biotic) and nonliving (abiotic) things with which organisms interact.

• ecological footprint

• carbon fuel

• fossil fuel

• environment

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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

• environmentalism

• ecology

• environment

• environmental science

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

____-a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes brought about by human actions. 

• environmental science

• environmentalism

• ecology

• ecology footprint

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___-any of the natural materials and energy sources provided by nature that humans need to survive.

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• natural resources

• resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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As population ______, resources _______

• increase, decrease

• decrease, increase

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

___- will always be available and can be made again.

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• natural resources

• resources

Sunlight, wind, water are all examples of:

• nonrenewable resources

• renewable resources

• ecological footprint

• ecology

Resource use is considered _________ if it can continue at the same rate into the foreseeable future.

• natural resources

• sus

• unsustainable

• sustainable

___- are nonrenewable energy resources such as coal, oil, and natural gas.

• resources

• Fossils

• Fossil Fuels

• nonresources

___- The total amount of land, food and water required to support an organism.

• ecology

• environmentalism

• ecological footprint

• carbon footprint