Probability of an unwanted outcome

What do you do with unused chemicals?

Dispose of them according to the teacher's instruction.

Common resources are:

accessible without any restrictions

What are the Earth's spheres?

Atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere

The chance or likelihood of something happening

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Environmental Science Intro

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1
What is a risk?
Probability of an unwanted outcome
Profitability of an outcome
Part of probability assessment
Dangerous activity
2
What does a habitat provide to an organism?
Competition and nutrition
Food and Shelter
Niche and consumer
Food and family
3
The biosphere contains all living things and is part of the hemosphere.
True
False
4
The goal of managing resources so they will last into the future is called:
Resource management
Environmental economics
Waste management
Sustainability
5
What do you do with unused chemicals?
Dispose of them according to the teacher's instruction.
Leave them sitting on the lab table and tell the teacher.
Carefully return them to the original container.
Take them home, maybe I will have use for them later.
6
The two major driving factors in making environmental decisions are:
Environment and energy
Economics and environment
Economics and evolution
Ecology and economics
7
What is the process called scientists use to solve problems and answer questions?
Problem-solving method
Scientological method
Scientific method
Logical process
8
Hot glass looks the same as
Broken glass
Cold glass
Hot plastic
Hot plates
9
Common resources are:
available only certain times of the year
usually worthless
accessible without any restrictions
limited to only a few people
10
The first step in the scientific method is:
Obliteration
Communication
Consideration
Observation
11
An ecosystem contains abiotic and biotic factors.
True
False
12
A resource that will eventually run out and cannot be reproduced or regrown is a:
non-renewable resource
renewable resource
non-recycable resource
non-refundable resource
13
An organism which makes it own food is called:
a producer
a provider
a consumer
a conformer
14
What are the Earth's spheres?
Astrology, Oceanography, Meteorology, Geology
Ecosphere, metasphere, biosphere, atmosphere
Astrosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, lithosphere
Atmosphere, hydrosphere, geosphere, biosphere
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What is probability?
The likelihood of a disaster
The chance or likelihood of something happening
The chance that something bad will occur
The same as risk

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