Environmental Systems

Question 1

observation

Answer 1

the action or process of observing something or someone carefully or in order to gain information.

Question 2

hypothesis

Answer 2

a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.

Question 3

prediction

Answer 3

a thing predicted; a forecast.

Question 4

experiment

Answer 4

a scientific procedure undertaken to make a discovery, test a hypothesis, or demonstrate a known fact.

Question 5

variable

Answer 5

not consistent or having a fixed pattern; liable to change.

Question 6

experimental group

Answer 6

a group of subjects who are exposed to the variable under study: a lower infection rate in the experimental group that received the vaccine.

Question 7

control group

Answer 7

A control group in a scientific experiment is a group separated from the rest of the experiment, where the independent variable being tested cannot influence the results.

Question 8

data

Answer 8

facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis.

Question 9

correlation

Answer 9

a mutual relationship or connection between two or more things.

Question 10

value

Answer 10

the regard that something is held to deserve; the importance, worth, or usefulness of something.

Question 11

decision-making model

Answer 11

environmental decision making is taken to mean decision making that has an effect on our environment, however it is defined