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Fill in the blank: ________ is all the living things with which an organism interacts.

• Environment

• Atmosphere

• Habitat

• Climate

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Fill in the blank: ________ is the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans and how humans affect the environment.

• Environmental science

• Political science

• Economics

• Sociology

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Fill in the blank: ________ is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world - and by extension, people - from the harmful changes produced by human activities.

• Environmentalism

• Capitalism

• Industrialization

• Urbanization

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Fill in the blank: ________ is any of the natural materials and energy sources provided by nature that humans need to survive.

• Natural resource

• Artificial intelligence

• Synthetic fiber

• Plastic

Fill in the blank: ________ is a resource that is replenished or renewed over short periods of time.

• Renewable natural resource

• Nonrenewable natural resource

• Fossil fuel

• Mineral resource

Fill in the blank: ________ is a resource that is formed much more slowly than it is used.

• Nonrenewable natural resource

• Renewable natural resource

• Synthetic resource

• Unlimited resource

Fill in the blank: ________ means able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply.

• Sustainable

• Exhaustible

• Temporary

• Nonrenewable

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Fill in the blank: ________ is a carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things.

• Fossil fuel

• Biomass

• Hydroelectric power

• Solar energy

Fill in the blank: ________ is the environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water resources.

• Ecological footprint

• Carbon cycle

• Greenhouse effect

• Photosynthesis

Fill in the blank: ________ is a testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or a scientific question.

• Hypothesis

• Theory

• Observation

• Law

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2