Environmental Science Midterm Review

An important effect that hunter-gatherer societies may have had on the environment was

• Extinction of some big game animals

• Massive soil erosion

• Air pollution

• Lack of space for landfills (dumps)

• All of the above

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Renewable natural resources examples are

• Wood, Oil, Gold, Water

• Wood, Water, Air, Soil, and Crops

• Copper, Natural Gas, Potato Chips

• Water, Coal, Air, Wind

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A scientific theory is

• A well tested, but not proven explanation phenomenon..until evidence shows it needs changing

• Proven to be true in all cases by lots of experiments over many years and becomes common knowledge.

• An educated guess about something

• Formed from the results of an experiment

• Same thing as a Scientific Law

The four main concerns or issues in Environmental Science are

• Pollution, Population Growth, Use of Resources, Energy

• Use of Resources, Human Impact, Energy, Social Issues

• Human impact, Global Cooling, Use of Resources, Biodiversity

• Pollution, Human Impact, Use of Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources, Loss of Biodiversity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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The term used to describe the productive area of Earth needed to support the lifestyle of one person in a particular country is called

• Supply and Demand

• Ecological Footprint

• Sustainability

• Cost vs Risk Analysis

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How do scientist characterize a nonrenewable resource?

• A resource used by humans

• A resource that cannot be replaced

• A resource that can be replaced relatively quickly

• A resource that takes more time to replace than to deplete

Sustainability in Environmental Science refers to

• Making sure we have enough resources for us in the near future

• Finding new sources of things we need

• Giving up our standards of living

• Making it possible to have future generations live better than us.

• Wise use and conservation of resources for human survival indefinitely

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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Energy from the Sun, water, wind, and wood are

• ecological energy

• renewable energy

• organic energy

• solar energy

• none of the above

What is the first step in an environmental decision-making model?

• explore the consequences of each option

• gather information

• consider which values apply to the issue

• make a decision

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A good hypothesis is more than a guess because it

• makes logical sense

• states what is likely to happen

• makes logical sense and follows the background information

• is based on intuition rather than observation

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