Introduction to environmental science self test

What is the term used to describe the resources listed on the right side of the diagram.

• Ecological footprints

• sustainable

• nonrenewable

• renewable

What needs to be done to prevent resources listed in the middle of the diagram from shifting toward the right side of the diagram?

• they must be used as quickly as possible before running out

• More of the resources need to be produced

• they must be used at a sustainable rate

• nothing, because they will only ever shift toward the left

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Name another resource that could be added to the list of the center of the diagram

• geothermal energy

• soils

• copper

• aluminum

what is the term used to describe the resources listed on the left side of the diagram?

• ecological footprints

• fossil fuels

• nonrenewable

• renewable

together, the nonrenewable energy resources of oil, coal, and natural gas are known as....

• ecological footprints

• independent variables

• fossil fuels

• biocentrists

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

for an idea to evaluated by science it must...

• be an opinion rooted in personal preference

• be able to be tested against collected evidence

• be able to be absolutely proven to be true

• deal with both the natural and supernatural worlds

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

NGSS.HS-PS1-2

effective scientists are always_____________, meaning that they do not simply accept what they hear from others.

• controlled

• variable

• believable

• skeptical

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Based on a review of the available scientific literature, Sherwood Rowland and Mario Molina developed the idea that CFCs break down in the uppermost atmosphere and react with ozone destroying it in the process. This idea would be called a(n)__________?

• Controlled variable

• independent variable

• hypothesis

• model

Scientists make______, which are specific statements about what might be observed.

• hypotheses

• variables

• predictions

• models

Scientists often use ___________to generate predictions when they cannot observe a phenomenon directly.

• Models

• Hypotheses

• Controlled Variables

• Independent Variables