High School Environmental Science

Define the following: all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.

• the geosphere

• the hydrosphere

• the lithosphere

• the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where does literally everything get it's energy from?

• the sun
• the moon
• bacteria
• consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Define the following:  an organism that gets their energy by eating other organisms

• autotroph
• heterotroph
• producer
• decomposer

A _______________ is a linear sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism. 

• food web
• trophic level
• food chain
• energy pyramid

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

________ only eat plants

• carnivores
• herbivores
• omnivores
• humans

________ only eat meat

• carnivores
• herbivores
• omnivores
• humans

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

________ eat plants and meat

• carnivores
• herbivores
• omnivores
• humans

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

_______________ are important in the food chain because they break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients to the soil.

• decomposers
• consumers
• producers
• apex predators

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An example of an abiotic factor is 

• temperature.
• an insect.
• a tree.
• a fish.

The ______________of the Earth is solid because it is under tremendous pressure.

• inner core

• crust

• outer core

• mantle