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All the living things with which an organism interacts is called
Ecosystem
Environment
Earth
Biome
A carbon containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things
Black Gold
Nonrenewable
Fossil Fuel
Petrified Dinosaurs
A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question
Natural Resource
Experiment
Good Idea
Hypothesis
Enviromentalism is the study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect the environment
True
False
A resource that is renewed or replenished over a short period of time
Fossil Fuels
Renewable Natural Resource
Nonrenewable Natural Resource
Natural Resources
The idea that unless recourses are regulated, humans will eventually use them up is known as the
True or False: At the start of the industrial revolution, humans began planting crops and domesticating animals
True
False
Resource consumption can be quantified by using a concept called the
The variable that changes the response to the conditions set in an experiment
Controlled Variable
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Experimental Variable
When something is able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply, it is considered
Broader explanations that apply to a wider range of situations and observations are called?
peer review
ideas
theories
scientific law
Which of the following is NOT an example of a natural resource?
coal
sunlight
timber
plastic
The branch of philosophy that deals with good, bad, right and wrong is called
culture
logic
ethics
science
The process by which the scientific community examines a paper before its publication is called
Which of the following is ALWAYS a nrenewable natural resource
wind
fresh water
soil
oil
Which of the following is NOT considered to be a example of a nonliving thing in our environment?
oil
mountains
squirrels
oceans
True or False: In the last several hundred years, both human population and natural resource consumption have risen dramatically.
True
False
What movement promotes the fair and equitable treatment of all people with respect to the environmental policy and practice, regardless of their income, race or ethnicity?
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