Intro to Environmental REVIEW

A set of moral principles or values held by a person or society is called

• ethics

• culture

• justice

• biocentrism

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

The study of Earth's natural systems and how humans and the environment affect one another is

• long term degredation

• environmental science

• ecological footprint

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Materials and energy sources found in nature that humans need to survive are called

• The Industrial Revolution

• natural resources

• culture

• sustainability

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Coal, oil natural gas (fossil fuels) are which type of natural resource?

• Non renewable

• renewable

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Solar, wind and water are examples of

• Non renewable resources

• renewable resources

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NGSS.4-ESS3-1

Using resources at a rate that we can continue to use them for the foreseeable future is called

• Tragedy of the Commons

• biocentrism

• sustainability

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Overfishing, air pollution, water pollution, climate change, and deforestation are all examples of which of the following?

• Technological Disaster

• Tragedy of the Commons

• Ecocentrism

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Anthropocentrism means

• humans and human welfare most

  important

• human population growth

• global warming

• sustainability

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

All the living and non living factors interacting in an area is considered the

• environment

• ecological footprint

• human population growth

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is an ecological footprint?

• The amount of land needed to sustain an individual's resource use and waste

• A measure of how much money a person spends on environemental products

• The total amount of species in an area

• The number of people living in a city

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4