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Ch. 1 Vocab Flashcards

1
Q

All the living and non-living things around us.

A

Environment

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2
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The study of:
How the natural world works
How the environment affects humans and vice versa

A

Environmental Science

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3
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Substances and energy sources needed for survival.

A

Natural resources

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4
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Can be replenished or perpetually renewed.

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Renewable Natural Resources

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5
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Uunavailable after depletion

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Nonrenewable Natural Resources

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6
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Arise from the normal functioning of natural services.

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Ecosystem Services

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7
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Crops, livestock, and Stable food supplies

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Agricultural Revolution

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8
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Urbanized society powered by fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal)

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Industrial Revolution

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9
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Unregulated exploitation of public resources leads to depletion and damage.

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Tragedy of The Commons

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10
Q

The environmental impact of a person or population.

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Ecological footprint

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11
Q

Humans have surpassed the Earth’s capacity to support us

A

Overshoot

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12
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A statement that tries to explain the question

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Hypothesis

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13
Q

Specific statements that can be directly tested

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Predictions

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14
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A condition that can change

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Variable

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15
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Can be manipulated

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Independent Variable

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16
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Depends on the independent variable

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Dependent Variable

17
Q

An unmanipulated point of comparison

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Control

18
Q

Yield the strongest evidence and reveals causal relationships

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Manipulative experiments

19
Q

Show real-world complexity, results are not neat and clean, answers aren’t black and white

A

Natural Experiments

20
Q

A well-tested and widely accepted explanation

A

Theory

21
Q

A dramatic upheaval in thought that changes the dominant viewpoint

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Paradigm

22
Q

Conserving resources and developing long-term solutions to keep fully functioning ecosystems

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Sustainability

23
Q

Earth’s total wealth of resources

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Natural Capital

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