Environmental Science Weekly Quizizz 2

Define: General plans and principals that address interactions between humans and the environment.

• Environmental Lobbying

• Environmental Policy

• Environmental Economics

• Environmental Ethics

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Which environmental approach utilizes governmental command and control?

• Cap and Trade

• Tax Breaks and Subsidies

• Lobbying

• Local Incentives

Which is Not a goal of modern environmental policy?

• ensure resources are shared fairly

• protect environmental quality

• regulate environmental assets

• protect natural resources

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-4

NGSS.HS-LS2-7

Which agency was created in response to increasing environmental concerns in the 1950s and 1960s

• NOAA

• CDC

• EPA

• NASA

Define: Taxes placed on companies for participating in activities the government deems and environmentally harmful.

• Tax Breaks

• Green Taxes

• Subsidies

• Incentives

What makes international environmental policy challenging?

• differing legal systems

• differing biomes

• transboundary issues

• localized weather conditions

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which feedback loops is displayed when a system is led to an extreme

• Positive Feedback Loop

• Negative Feedback Loop

• Systems Management

• Spheres of Function

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-2

Convergent boundaries create which features? (Hint: Choose Two)

• Hurricanes

• Mountain Ranges

• Subduction Zones

• Earthquakes

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-5

NGSS.HS-ESS2-1

Define: Matter that is used in Earth's biogeochemical cycles

• matter

• nutrients

• carbohydrates

• lipids

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is included in the biosphere? (Hint: Choose 2)

• space materials

• non-living materials

• living materials

• human materials

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3