Environmental Science Review 1

What is sustainability?

• diversity among plant and animal species

• harmful substances or products in the environment

• to take care of or control the environment

• materials that occur in nature and can be used for economic gain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What does this graph show?

• logistic growth

• carrying capacity

• negative growth

• exponential growth

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-2

What is the primary greenhouse gas responsible for climate change?

• Nitrogen

• Carbon dioxide

• Helium

• Hydrogen

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

What is the primary cause of ocean acidification?

• Plastic pollution

• Oil spills

• Agricultural runoff

• Carbon dioxide absorption

What term describes the variety of life in an ecosystem?

• Biodiversity

• Population

• Food web

• Habitat

What causes acid rain?

• Deforestation

• Overpopulation

• Sulfur dioxide emissions

• Ocean currents

If the number of births is greater than the number of deaths in a population, what will happen to the growth of the population?

• It will increase.
• It will decrease.
• It will stay the same.
• It will fluctuate.

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NGSS.HS-LS2-6

Largest number of individuals of a population that the environment can support...  

• carrying capacity
• population crash
• lag phase
• mutualism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What growth model has an J-shaped curve?

• Logistic

• Exponential

What growth model has an S-shaped curve?

• Logistic

• Exponential