Environmental Science and Sustainability

_________ science is the interdisciplinary field that includes both scientific and social aspects of human impact on the world 

• Earth
• Environmental
• Biological
• Physical

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

Environmental science involves the following disciplines.

• Math, English and psycology
• earth science, physics and Politics
• Sports, fitness and weight training

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

______  is a region in which the organisms and the physical environment form an interacting unit

• earth
• environment
• cave
• ecosystem

________ is the development that meets human need without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

• sustainability
• renewable resource
• nonrenewable
• carrying capacity

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Materials and energy in nature that are essential or useful to humans.

• Natural resources

• Natural services

• Natural capital

• None of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

“Human activities can degrade natural capital by using normally renewable resources faster than nature can restore them.”

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

All the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts is _________________.

• Environment

• Environmental ethics

• Population

• Environmental Science

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What are materials and energy found naturally that we can use to survive? Both renewable and non-renewable

• Greenhouse effect

• Renewable resources

• Natural resources

• Non-Renewable resources

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The variety of organisms in an area, by species, genes, populations, and communities is called ______________.

• Sustainability

• Biodiversity

• Ecology

• Fossil fuels

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things is called __________.

• Biodiversity

• Environment

• Fossil Fuel

• Sustainability

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1