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Section 1 - Understanding Our Environment
Choose the
letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | biodiversity | d. | nondegradable | b. | biodegradable | e. | “spaceship
Earth” | c. | renewable resource |
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energy from the sun
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mercury, lead, and some plastics
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may be broken down by natural processes
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the number and variety of species that live in the area
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Section 2 - The Environment and Society
Choose the
letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | cost - benefit
analysis | d. | developed nation | b. | sustainability | e. | law of supply and demand | c. | “Tragedy of
the Commons” |
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“If I don’t use this resource, someone else will.”
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helps determine a product’s worth
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may be used to determine how much to spend to control pollution
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diverse individual economies
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human needs may be met indefinitely
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Section 1 - Scientific Methods
Choose the letter of
the description that best matches the term or phrase.
a. | logical statement about what will
happen | d. | procedure used to test a hypothesis | b. | information gathered in an
experiment | e. | information
gathered by using the senses | c. | testable explanation for an
observation |
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observation
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hypothesis
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prediction
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experiment
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data
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Section 2 - Statistics and Models
Choose the letter of
the description that best matches the term or phrase.
a. | a flow chart | b. | includes maps and
charts | c. | three-dimensional representation you can touch | d. | equation
representing how a process works |
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physical model
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graphical model
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mathematical model
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Section 3 - Making Informed Decisions
Choose the
letter of the description that best matches the term or phrase.
a. | the protection of natural resources | b. | human leisure activities | c. | what is right or
wrong | d. | the maintenance of human communities, their values, and their
traditions | e. | the accumulation, sharing of knowledge |
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educational value
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environmental value
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ethical/moral value
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Section 1 - The Geosphere
Choose the letter of the
term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | crust | d. | erosion | b. | mudflow | e. | magma | c. | atmosphere |
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volcanic ash mixed with water during an eruption
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the mixture of gases that make up the air we breathe
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Earth’s thin outer layer
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removal and transport of surface material by wind or water
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Section 2 - The Atmosphere
Choose the letter of the
term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | ions | d. | methane | b. | troposphere | e. | mesosphere | c. | conduction |
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electrically charged atoms
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how air is heated near Earth’s surface
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one of the most abundant greenhouse gases
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the coldest layer of Earth’s atmosphere
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the layer of Earth’s atmosphere closest to the surface
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Section 3 - The Hydrosphere and Biosphere
In the space
provided, write the letter of the description that best matches the term or
phrase.
a. | groundwater | d. | sunlight | b. | river
system | e. | surface
zone | c. | phytoplankton |
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water used for drinking and agriculture
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the warm, top layer of ocean water
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what green plants need to produce their food
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a network of streams that drains an area of land
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Section 1 - Ecosystems: Everything Is Connected
Choose
the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | habitat | d. | species | b. | abiotic factors | e. | biotic factors | c. | population |
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air, water, and rocks
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living organisms and dead organisms
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place where an organism lives
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all the black widow spiders in a certain area
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Section 3 - The Diversity of Living Things
Choose the
letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | bacteria | d. | plants | b. | fungi | e. | animals | c. | protists |
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unicellular and multicellular organisms that may be plantlike, animal-like, or
funguslike
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unicellular organisms that lack nuclei
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multicellular organisms that have cell walls and make their own food
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