Unit 1 Study Guide Review

What is environmental science?

• a branch of natural science that deals principally with the properties of substances, the changes they undergo, and the natural laws that describe these changes

• The scientific study of earths environment and solutions to environmental problems

• the natural science of matter, involving the study of matter, its fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force

• the scientific study of plants, including their physiology, structure, genetics, ecology, distribution, classification, and economic importance.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What are the four environmental issues?

• Loss of Biodiversity

• Pollution

• Climate Change

• Resource Depletion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The era where humans lived in tribes, using fires to maintain the prairie______.

• Technological Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Agricultural Revolution

• Hunter-gatherer

Which revolution involved the following, a brief time when one device replaces another.

• Industrial

• Medical

• Technological

• Hunter-gatherer

The number and variety of species on Earth.

• Biodiversity

• Ecological footprint

• Natural resource

• Renewable Resource

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Involves the consumption of resources and it is best to reduce to help the environment.

• Biodiversity

• Ecological footprint

• Natural resource

• Renewable Resource

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A set of explanations that have been repeatedly tested and confirmed.

• Scientific Method

• Hypothesis

• Scientific Theory

• Conclusion

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

A scientific study collected data on people's opinions on how sour the flavor of candy is ______.

• Quantitative Data

• Qualitative Data

• Conclusive Data

• Theoretical Data

Paper is an example _____ pollution.

• Biodegradable

• Non-Biodegradable

The x-axis is considered _______ variable.

• Dependent

• Independent

• Responsive

• Controlled