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Grade 9 Environmental Science
What do you call the belief that the natural world exists as a support system for human life?
  1. Environmental ethic
  2. Earth-centered worldview
  3. Human-centered worldview
  4. Life-centered worldview
Grade 9 Environmental Science
Solar energy is only available when the Sun is shining.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 9 Environmental Science
Your game controller needs new batteries. You remove the single-use alkaline batteries currently in the controller. How should you dispose of the batteries in an environmentally friendly way?
  1. Toss the old batteries in the trash.
  2. Recycle the batteries in the household recycling container.
  3. Find a nearby location that accepts batteries for recycling and bring them there.
Grade 9 Environmental Science
About how many plastic bottles do Americans throw away every hour?
  1. 2,500
  2. 25,000
  3. 2,500,000
  4. 25,000,000
Grade 9 Environmental Science
The opinion that all parts of the environment are equally important, no matter how useful they are to humans, expresses the
  1. conservation viewpoint.
  2. preservation viewpoint.
  3. development viewpoint.
  4. environmental viewpoint.
Grade 9 Environmental Science
What contaminated urban drinking water in the 19th century?
  1. pfiesteria
  2. human waste
  3. gasoline
Grade 9 Environmental Science
Which of the following is NOT a way to slow population growth?
  1. Reducing poverty
  2. Banning birth control
  3. Promoting family planning
  4. Elevating the status of women
Grade 9 Environmental Science
What human activity has caused the greatest percentage of extinctions?
  1. pollution
  2. hunting
  3. habitat alteration
  4. pest control
Grade 9 Environmental Science
Which is an example of a negative feedback loop?
  1. global warming
  2. biological homeostasis
  3. exponential population growth
Grade 9 Environmental Science
Which of the following is considered a nonrenewable resource?
  1. coal
  2. corn
  3. trees
  4. sunlight
Grade 9 Environmental Science
A bad harvest is associated with                .
  1. small yield
  2. poor yield
  3. good yield
  4. huge yield
Grade 9 Environmental Science
Which layer of the atmosphere has the highest density of gas molecules?
  1. Troposphere
  2. Thermosphere
  3. Stratosphere
  4. Exosphere
Grade 9 Environmental Science
What type of heating system uses solar collectors?
  1. heat pump
  2. active solar
  3. passive solar
  4. heat engine
Grade 9 Environmental Science
Which state produces the most oil?
  1. Texas
  2. Alaska
  3. Louisiana
Grade 9 Environmental Science
What is the projected population of Earth in 2050?
  1. 9.8 million
  2. 9.8 billion
  3. 5.6 trillion
  4. 7.3 billion
Grade 9 Environmental Science
Feedback loops are                 mechanisms that involve                 variables.
  1. simple; a few
  2. simple; many
  3. complex; a few
  4. complex; many
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