Chapter 1 Flashcards
The Systematic Study of our environment and our place in it.
Environmental Science
Services and Resources provided by environmental systems.
Protect Ecosystem Services
Inevitable overuse and destruction of natural resources
Tragedy of the Commons
a search for long term ecological stability AND human progress
Sustainability
meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs
Sustainable Development
Be aware of the effects of _______ and ________
affluence, Proverty
a process of producing knowledge based on observation of the natural world. Cumulative body of information produced by many scientists.
Science
a testable (tentative) explanation
Hypothesis
an explanation that has been supported by many tests and there is scientific consensus that is a reliable explanation
theory
observing events that have already happened
Natural Experiment
deliberating after 1 variable and all other variables are controlled
Manipulative Experiment
the subject doesn’t know which group they are in
Blind Experiment
neither the subject nor the researcher knows who is in each group
Double Blind Experiment
_______ are the results
Dependent Variable
________ is what the researcher controls
Independent Variable
