Environmental Science Midterm

Which of the following is an example of a chemical element? Select all that apply.

• Carbon

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Water

What is the name for a commercially viable rock that contains enough of a mineral to be mined profitably?

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the name of the process plants use to convert electromagnetic energy into chemical energy?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Are fossil fuels considered renewable or nonrenewable?

• renewable

• nonrenewable

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-6

TRUE or FALSE?
All of the carbon in existence is continually recycled in the carbon cycle.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following removes carbon from the atmosphere?

• Combustion

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Death

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The air pollution caused be a factory makes people ill and drives down home prices as people move away from the area near the factory. This is an example of a...

• positive externality

• negative externality

• public good

• commons

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What do we call something that is used from nature?

• natural resource

• synthetic material

• unlimited resources

• steady materials

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Something not found in nature, but made by people is called....

• natural resource

• synthetic material

• unlimited resources

• steady materials

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Chemical change or physical change?

• Chemical Change

• Physical Change

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5