Which of the following best demonstrates the concept of environmental resources being used for construction?

• A city importing steel from another country
• A town recycling plastic bottles
• A community using local wood and stone to build houses
• A neighborhood installing solar panels

What is a scientist measuring when they study the number of different plant, animal, and insect species in a rainforest?

• Sustainability
• Ecosystem
• Biodiversity
• Habitat

Which of the following is an example of a renewable resource?

• Coal
• Natural gas
• Wind energy
• Petroleum

What type of resources take millions of years to form and cannot be easily replaced?

• Nonrenewable resources
• Sustainable resources
• Unlimited resources
• Renewable resources

In the context of human migration, what is a 'push factor'?

• Family reunification in another place
• Natural disasters forcing people to leave their homes
• Better job opportunities in a new location
• Higher standard of living in a new country

Which of the following is NOT an example of a negative human impact on the environment?

• Urbanization of farmland
• Deforestation
• Pollution of rivers
• Reforestation projects

What economic concept is best represented by a situation where there are only 50 laptops available but 200 people want to buy them?

• Abundance
• Scarcity
• Opportunity cost
• Specialization

When you choose to buy a bike instead of a skateboard, what does the skateboard represent in economic terms?

• Budget limit
• Trade-off income
• Opportunity cost
• Scarcity choice

Which tool would be best for seeing all of Earth's continents in their correct shapes on a small, portable scale?

• Globe
• Compass
• GPS
• Flat map

What are the imaginary lines running east-west around the Earth called?

• Meridians
• Hemispheres
• Parallels
• Longitudes