Environmental Systems Mid-Term Review 24-25

The tragedy of the commons is a phenomenon that occurs only when the number of users of a resource is small.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

All nonnative species threaten ecosystems.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

When biologists talk about natural selection, they are referring to the process by which environmental conditions favor organisms with specific traits that make them more likely to survive and produce offspring.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Artificial selection is a method used to selectively breed members of two distinctly different species.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS4-5

The insurance hypothesis suggests biodiversity will ensure Earth against extinctions in the future.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Generalist species are more prone to extinction than specialist species when environmental changes occur rapidly.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Most of Earth’s species of flowering plants depend on insects to pollinate their flowers.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Resource use per person is higher in the United States than it is in middle-income countries like China.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Despite the open ocean’s low net primary productivity (NPP), it produces more of Earth’s stored chemical energy per year than any other ecosystem or life zone.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The process by which cells are able to convert glucose into usable energy using oxygen is known as photosynthesis.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-LS1-7