Society and Environment Vocabulary Chapter 1 Quiz

What is the law that describes the relationship between an item's availability and its value?

• Law Supply and Demand

• Agriculture

• The Tragedy of the Commons

• Environmental science

What is the practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals used for a variety of purposes called?

• Law Supply and Demand

• Agriculture

• The Tragedy of the Commons

• Environmental science

What is the conflict between the short term interest of individuals and the long term welfare of society called?

• Law Supply and Demand

• Agriculture

• The Tragedy of the Commons

• Environmental science

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

What is the study of how humans interact with the environment called?

• Law Supply and Demand

• Agriculture

• The Tragedy of the Commons

• Environmental science

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What type of system is characterized by the sun's energy entering and heat leaving?

• Closed system

• Biodegradable

• Nondegradable

• Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What term describes materials that may be broken down by natural processes?

• Closed system

• Biodegradable

• Nondegradable

• Biodiversity

What term describes materials that cannot be broken down by a natural process?

• Closed system

• Biodegradable

• Nondegradable

• Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

What term describes the number and variety of species in an area?

• Closed system

• Biodegradable

• Nondegradable

• Biodiversity

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What term describes using resources in such a way that there will be enough for future generations?

• Sustainability

• Extinction

• Biodiversity

• Agriculture

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What term describes when the last member of a species dies?

• Sustainability

• Extinction

• Biodiversity

• Agriculture

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-1