C1: Science And Sustianablity (Vocab)

Question 1

Environment

Answer 1

Biotic (animals, people, plants, etc.) and abiotic (water, light, air, etc.) things around us. Living v. Non-living

Question 2

Natural Resource

Answer 2

Various substances and energy sources taken from the environment for our survival. They can be renewable (solar E., water) or not (minerals, gas).

Question 3

Ecosystem Services

Answer 3

Natural functions that we benefit from (trees, pollination), not meant for us, yet needed for survival.

Question 4

Agricultural Revolution

Answer 4

Transformation of empty forests into farmlands, the shift from a hunting lifestyle to a more agricultural one (raising of domestic animals)

Question 5

Industrial Revolution

Answer 5

Shift from rural, animal-based agriculture and manufacturing to a more urban society powered by fossil fuels.

Question 6

Fossil Fuels

Answer 6

A non-renewable natural resource (crude oil, coal, gas), made by the decomposition and compression of organic matter from ancient life.

Question 7

Ecological Footprint

Answer 7

Expresses the progressive area of biologically fertile land and water required to provide the resources a person or population consumes and disposes or recycles the waste produced (carbon, forests, land). A method that measures how dependent humans are on natural resources, indicates how much resources from the environment are required to support a specific way of life.

Question 8

Hypothesis

Answer 8

Proposed statement/explanation that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question (can be tested, experimentation)

Question 9

Independent Variable

Answer 9

Variable that is manipulated in an experiment, tested “overtime”.

Question 10

Dependent Variable

Answer 10

Collected data or a response variable affected by the manipulation of the independent variable.

Question 11

Correlation

Answer 11

Relationship between 2 or more things (positive or negative variables). Can be casual or occur by chance.

Question 12

Theory

Answer 12

Widely accepted, well-tested explanation of a cause and effect relationship that has been supported by a large amount of research. Work that can explain a phenomenon, undergone rigorous testing and supported with strong confidence. a well sustained explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can incorporate laws, hypotheses, and facts.

Question 13

Paradigm

Answer 13

A dominant philosophical and theoretic example or pattern of something (concepts, theories, and research methods for a perspective or set of ideas within an area of study. plate tectonics and theory of evolution
”a standard perspective or set of ideas, a way of looking at something, ex: scientific method”

Question 14

Sustainability

Answer 14

A guiding principle of Env. Sci focused on resource conservation, maintenance of functional ecological systems (long term solutions that wont cause harm to the environment).

Question 15

Abiotic

Answer 15

Non-living things in the environment (light, air, water, rocks, etc.)

Question 16

Biotic

Answer 16

Living things in the environment (people, trees, plants, fungus, animals, etc.)

Question 17

Anthropogenic

Answer 17

Pollution originating from human activity.

Question 18

Accuracy

Answer 18

How close the measurement is to the true or accepted value.

Question 19

Precision

Answer 19

How close the measurements (2 or more) are within each other.

Question 20

Ecosystem

Answer 20

Biological community (group) of interacting organisms and their (specific) residing physical environment.