ES Unit 1 Test Review

The interdisciplinary study of how humans interact with the environment.

• Rock Science

• Biology

• Environmental Science

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A social movement dedicated to protecting Earth and its resources

• Rationalism

• Environmentalism

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Greater Biodiversity leads to a healthier environment

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

This has a secondary effect of causing wind and ocean currents

• Solar Energy

• Biodiversity

• Nutrient Cycling

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

This is the variety of life in an area

• Biodiversity

• Solar Energy

• Nutrient Cycling

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Solar Energy is

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• inexhaustible

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NGSS.MS-PS3-5

Coal is

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• inexhaustible

Provisional Ecosystem services are the tangible products we obtain from nature

food/water

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Regulating Ecosystem Services:

These are the benefits obtained from the regulation of ecosystem processes that maintain our environment

• Climate regulation 

• Water purification 

• Pollination of crops 

• Flood and erosion control 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

• Cultural Ecosystem Services:

  These are the non-material benefits people receive from ecosystems. 

  • Recreation and tourism 

  • Spiritual and aesthetic experiences 

  • Education and scientific discovery 

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4