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Summer assignment test Flashcards

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zoonotic diseases

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infections that are spread between people and animals.

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environment

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the sum of all the conditions surround us that influence life

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environmental science

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the field of study that looks at interactions among human systems and those round in nature

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System human example

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covid-19

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system natural example

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weather

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ecosystem

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a particular location on earth with interacting biotic(living) or abiotic(non-living) components

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biotic components exs

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plants mammals

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abiotic componets

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water soil

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environmentalism

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social movement

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environmental science

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field of study

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scientific method

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an objective way to explore the natural world, draw inferences from it, and predict the outcome of certain events, process

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hypothesis

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a testable conjuncture about how something works

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Variables

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any categories, conditions, factors, or traits, that differ in the natural world or in experimental situations

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independent variable

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a variable that is not dependent on other factors that you are trying to study

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dependent variable

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a variable that is dependent on other factors that you are measuring

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null hypotheses

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a prediction that there is no difference between the groups or conditions that are being compared

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control group

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a group that experiences exactly the same conditions as the experimental group, except for the single variable under study

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natural experiment

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a natural event occurs that acts as an experimental treatment in an ecosystem

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replication

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repeated sets of measurements of what is believed to be the same sample

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sample size

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the number of times a measurement is repeated in data collection

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accuracy

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refers to how close a measured value is to the actua; or true value

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precision

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how close the repeated measurements of a sample are to one another

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uncertainty

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an estimate of how much a measured or calculated value differs from a true value

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theory

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a hypotheses which has been tested repeatedly and confirmed with multiple groups or researchers and has reached wide acceptance

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natural law

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a theory to which there are no known exceptions and has withstood rigourous testing

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first law of thermodynamics

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a theory with no known exception that states that energy is neither created nor destroyed but it can change from one another ex. melting ice

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second law of therodynamics

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a theory with no known exception that states that when energy is transformed the quantity of energy remains the same, but its ability to do work diminishes ex. full tank of gas

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Why have zoonotic disease increased?

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the human population has vastly grown and we have more contact with animals that carry zoonotic diseases

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How did covid affect the environment

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birth and death rates and life expectancy

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How have humans negatively impacted the environment

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changed the land from it’s natural state and changed the chemistry of the air,water, and soil hunting

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How have humans positively impacted the environment

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human efforts to expand panda habitats

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Big idea 1 Energy transfer ex

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waste and pollution

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big idea 2 interactions between earth systems ex

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carbon cycles and human activity has increased carbon levels

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big idea 3 interactions between species and environment ex

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agriculture and fossil fuels

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big idea 4 Sustainability ex

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reusing things/upcycling and wise use of resources

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sustainability

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being able to do something now without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to engage in similar activities

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