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judges actions in terms if their benefit or harm to the integrity of whole ecological systems, which consists of both living and non-living elements and the relationships among them.

• biocentrism

• Ecocentrism

• Anthropocentrism

• None of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

the application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment

• ethics

• Biocentrism

• environmental ethics

• peer review

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

information collected using scientific methods

• theory

• controlled study

• nonrenewable natural resources

• data

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

a resources that formed much more slowly than it is used

• sustainable

• nonrenewable natural resources

• renewable natural resources

• fossil fuel

any of the natural materials and energy sources provided by nature that humans need to survive.

• sustainable

• fossil fuel

• natural resources

• environment

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world - and by extension, people - from the harmful changes produced by human activities.

• environmental science

• natural resources

• environment

• environmentalism

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

specific statements about what we would expect to observe if the hypothesis was true

• prediction

• Scientific Method

• dependent variable

• peer review

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

the application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment

• hypothesis

• independent variable

• environmental ethics

• controlled study

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

a study in which only one factor is manipulated or changed

• data

• controlled study

• environmental ethics

• ecological footprint

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

the environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required (1) to provide the raw materials the individual or population consumes and (2) to dispose of or recycle the waste the individual or population produces.

• ecological footprint

• "tragedy of the commons"

• Scientific Method

• nonrenewable natural resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4