Unit 1 (Part 1) Environmental Science

What is the study of how the natural world works and how the environment affects us?

• Environmentalism

• Environmental Science

• Ecology

• Geology

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Which term describes a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world?

• Environmentalism

• Conservation

• Sustainability

• Ecology

What are materials and energy sources found in nature that humans need to survive called?

• Renewable Resources

• Natural Resources

• Nonrenewable Resources

• Fossil Fuels

Which type of resource is naturally replenished or renewed over a short time?

• Nonrenewable Natural Resource

• Fossil Fuels

• Renewable Natural Resource

• Sustainable Resource

What term describes the environmental effects of an individual or population in terms of total land and water required to make products consumed and disposed of?

• Carbon Footprint

• Ecological Footprint

• Environmental Impact

• Resource Consumption

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What are predictions in scientific research?

• Variables that scientists change

• Specific statements about what you would expect to observe if a hypothesis were true

• Information from a scientist's study

• A branch of philosophy involving the study of behavior

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What is the role of a dependent variable in an experiment?

• It is the variable that scientists change

• It is the result of the experiment

• It is a broader explanation that applies to a wider range of situations

• It is a testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon

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What are theories in scientific research?

• A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon

• Broader explanations that apply to a wider range of situations and observations

• A variable that scientists change

• Information from a scientist's study

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What is the focus of ethics in philosophy?

• The study of behavior: good and bad, right and wrong

• The application of ethics to the relationships between humans and their environment

• A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon

• A variable that scientists change

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What is environmental ethics?

• A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon

• The application of ethics to the relationships between humans and their environment

• A variable that scientists change

• Information from a scientist's study

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

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