2024 Final Review

 Why are environmental policies necessary?

• to prevent the Tragedy of the Commons

• to regulate the economy

• to arrest people for breaking the law

• to limit pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of the following is NOT part of the peer-review process?

• Peers checking for possibly inaccurate conclusions

• Peers checking the experimental procedures

• Peers analyzing the possible ethical impacts of the conclusions

• Sharing conclusions with peers

Identifying the independent and dependent variables in an experiment will help you better interpret and convey results. What is the difference between the independent and dependent variables in an experiment?

• The independent variable is always a number, and the dependent variable is never a number.

• The independent variable is what is altered and the dependent is what is measured.

• The dependent variable is what the investigator controls, and the independent variable is what happens as a result of this.

• The dependent variable is typically found in the first column of a table, and the independent variable is typically found in the second column.

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NGSS.MS-PS2-2

You are collecting information on the number of moose in a particular location, so you put out a motion-activated game camera to capture pictures of the moose that pass.  When you are finished, you tally the number of moose photographed per day.  What type of information is this?

• qualitative

• quantitative

• theoretical

• descriptive

The portion of the Earth that can sustain life is called the

Organisms that can make their own food are called:

• herbivores

• omnivores

• producers

• consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A tiny filter-feeding barnacle sticks to a whale. The whale is unaffected by this new stowaway. What type of relationship is this?

• mutualism

• commensalism

• amensalism

• neutralism

• parasitism

The Kaibab squirrel became its own species when a small population was isolated on the northern rim of the Grand Canyon. Which type of speciation is this?

• behavioral isolation

• mechanical isolation

• temporal isolation

• geographic isolation

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NGSS.HS-LS4-2

NGSS.HS-LS4-5

The type of survivorship curve that shows high fertility rates and early mortality is

• Type 1

• Type 2

• Type 3

• Type 4

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NGSS.HS-LS2-1

In general, which of the following is the best long-term method of preventing extinctions?

• Breeding endangered species in captivity

• Protecting the habitats of endangered species

• Paying people not to kill endangered species

• Providing food to endangered species in the wild

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NGSS.HS-LS2-7