Fall Environmental Science Final Exam Review

What is a hypothesis?

• a statement of a prediction that can be tested

• a belief that some but not all scientists share

• a theory that is widely accepted by the majority of scientists

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

What is a broad explanation about the natural world that attempts to answer the 'why'?

• theory

• law

• hypothesis

• none of the above

Resource depletion is a major and crucial concern of the twenty-first century. Using alternative energy sources and recycling our resources is our best solution.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

____ transform dead organisms into organic matter.

• Decomposers
• leaves

• autotrophs

• producers

When energy flows from one trophic level to the next, only 10% is transferred. The other 90% is...

• Used for food

• Lost as heat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which biome is shown here?

• Rainforest

• Tundra

• Desert

• Taiga

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An interdisciplinary science that studies the ENVIRONMENT and how HUMANS interact with it is known as..

• environmental science

• biology

• chemistry

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What is the definition of an ecosystem?

• classification for a broad type of habitat, such as a savannah or tropical rainforest

• group of interacting communities in a defined place and the nonliving factors that affect them

• all the animal and plant species within a geographical area

In which type of symbiosis does one species benefit at the expense of another?

• parasitism

• mutualism

• commensalism

Non-renewable resources are those that cannot be renewed, regrown, or aided in growth. Once they are gone, they are gone! An example would be:

• Oil

• fish

• water

• timber/forests

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4