Intro to Environmental Science Unit Review

What is the term for the following definition? The impact of a person or the community on the environment. (ex: how much land or resources we are wasting)

• Ecological Footprint

• Carbon Cycle

• Greenhouse Effect

• Photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the term for the following definition? The total carbon dioxide emissions produced by an individual, group, or location.

• carbon footprint

• greenhouse effect

• carbon sink

• global warming

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

What is the term for the following definition? The ability to keep in existence or maintain. A sustainable ecosystem is one that can be maintained.

• sustainability

• evaporation

• photosynthesis

• erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the term for the following definition? Capacity of an area to provide resources and absorb wastes.

• biocapcity

• ecological footprint

• carrying capacity

• carbon sink

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is the term for the following definition? The field of study that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature.

• environmental science

• geology

• astronomy

• sociology

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

NGSS.HS-ESS3-3

NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

What is the term for the following definition? A resource that can be renewed, solar, wind.

• renewable resources

• nonrenewable resources

• fossil fuels

• finite resources

What is the term for the following definition? A resource that cannot be reused or replaced easily (ex. gems, iron, copper, fossil fuels).

• non renewable resources

• renewable resources

• synthetic resources

• biodegradable resources

What is the term for the following definition? Fundamental facilities and systems serving a country, city, or area, as transportation and communication systems, power plants, and schools.

• infrastructure

• democracy

• ecosystem

• legislation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the term for the following definition? The using up of a resource.

• consumption

• production

• preservation

• distribution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What Sphere includes all living things?

• Biosphere

• Lithosphere

• Atmosphere

• Hemisphere