The "Tragedy of The Commons" is...

• An economic issue where people do not have enough money to buy basic needs so they resort to stealing and breaking the law.

• A type of play where someone tragically dies or gets killed.

• Economic issue where individuals tend to take advantage of the natural resource and it becomes unavailable for everyone.

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Sustainability

• The process of maintaining resources so they are not depleted or permanently damaged.

• The ability to read minds

• The ability to save resources for years and years

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__________ is an energy resource that WILL NOT run out in the next several hundred years, because it gets replenished faster than it is used.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

Coal is a __________ energy resource.

• Renewable
• Nonrenewable

__________ is an energy resource that WILL run out in the next several hundred years due to our consumption being higher than the rate at which the resource is replenished.

• Renewable Energy Resource
• Nonrenewable Energy Resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is a hypothesis?

• A proven fact based on experiments.

• A logical guess based on observations.

• A final conclusion of an experiment.

• A report of scientific findings.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

How is a hypothesis formed?

• By using random guesses.

• Through inductive and deductive reasoning.

• By consulting fortune-tellers.

• By ignoring previous knowledge.

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Which type of reasoning looks for patterns or rules in the natural world?

• Intuitive reasoning.

• Inductive reasoning.

• Deductive reasoning.

• Abstract reasoning.

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What is a controlled experiment?

• An experiment with multiple variables changed at once.

• An experiment conducted without any controls.

• An experiment that changes only one variable at a time.

• An experiment without a hypothesis.

Which of the following is NOT part of a controlled experiment?

• Independent variable.

• Dependent variable.

• Controls.

• Random variables.