Environmental Science Pretest

What is an organism that gets its food through eating other sources?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Autotroph
• Decomposers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which of the following is NOT a part of the scientific method?

• Question
• Hypothesis
• Conclusion
• Guessing

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What is something that changes in an experiment based on the experiment being run.

• independent variable
• dependent variable
• control
• constant

The phrase, "I notice that the Tiger has black stripes" is called a(n)...

• conclusion
• hypothesis
• inference
• observation

Smog is formed when nitrogen oxide mixes with...

• Water
• Sunlight
• Coal
• Other gases

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Dust and ash are examples of

• Gases
• PPM
• Particulates

Without the greenhouse effect, Earth's atmosphere would be __________ to support life.

• too hot

• too wet

• too dry

• too cold

What impact does deforestation have on the carbon cycle?

• increase the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere

• decrease the amount of CO₂ in the atmosphere

• increase the amount of photosynthesis

• deforestation has no impact on the carbon cycle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

It refers to the removal of salt from ocean water

• dam
• reservoir
• salination
• desalination

2/3 of freshwater on Earth is "locked away" in what water source location?

• atmosphere
• rivers and lakes
• underground
• ice and glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4