Ecosystem Restoration Chapter 1 Vocab Practice Quiz

What is the term for a scientist who studies ecosystems?

• Chemist

• Biologist

• Ecologist

• Physicist

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which word means to use any of the five senses to gather information about something?

• Predict

• Observe

• Analyze

• Hypothesize

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What is the term for the stuff that things are made of?

• Energy

• Matter

• Force

• Light

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

What do you call a group of atoms joined together in a particular way?

• Cell

• Element

• Molecule

• Compound

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What does it mean to synthesize information?

• To separate it

• To ignore it

• To put it together

• To destroy it

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

What is something scientists make to answer questions about the real world?

• Model

• Theory

• Hypothesis

• Experiment

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the use of evidence to say why one idea is the best?

• Debate

• Argument

• Discussion

• Conversation

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What is a proposed answer to a question called?

• Solution

• Claim

• Conclusion

• Guess

What is information that supports an answer to a question?

• Data

• Evidence

• Opinion

• Theory

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

What term describes all the living and nonliving things in an area?

• Habitat

• Community

• Environment

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3