Environmental Science

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Science
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12th Grade
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Hard
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Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which statement about hybrid vehicles is accurate?
Hybrid cars have negligible environmental impact.
A hybrid car has the potential to use only half as much gasoline as an internal combustion car.
Mining the metals used in a hybrid is less destructive to the environment than fossil fuel extraction.
The lanthanum required for use in a hybrid car is a renewable resource.
The metals needed for producing hybrid cars will be depleted in the next 10 years.
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS3-2
NGSS.HS-ESS3-4
NGSS.HS-ETS1-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which does NOT occur as a result of mining the metals needed to build hybrid cars?
Acids are pumped into deep boreholes to dissolve surrounding rock.
Ground disturbance causes air and water to react with other minerals in the rock.
The surrounding natural habitat is fragmented.
Acid mine drainage flows over land.
No non-renewable resources are used.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-3
NGSS.MS-ESS3-4
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The layer of soil on the surface of Earth is at the top of the
crust.
mantle.
core.
asthenosphere.
stratosphere.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-1
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which best describes the theory of plate tectonics?
Earth’s asthenosphere is divided into plates, which move.
Earth’s mantle is divided into plates, which move.
Earth’s lithosphere is divided into plates, which move.
Earth’s core is divided into plates, which move.
The crust of the Earth is solid.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
The ecological consequences of plate movement include: speciation. extinction. alterations in behavior of predators and prey.
I only.
I and II.
I and III
II and III.
I, II, and III.
Tags
NGSS.MS-LS2-4
NGSS.MS-LS4-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Volcanoes may be found at or near plate boundaries where there is
subduction.
divergence.
convergence.
seafloor spreading.
all of the above.
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-3
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Within the rock cycle, the three distinct categories of rocks are igneous which is derived from _____________; metamorphic which is derived from ______________; and sedimentary which is derived from __________.
pressure; heat; the layering of sediments
volcanoes; oceans; mountain ranges
magma and lava; heat and pressure; the layering of sediments
heat and pressure; magma; the formation of lakebeds
intrusion; faulting; folding
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