Science and Sustainability
A TECHNIQUE FOR TESTING IDEAS WITH OBSERVATIONS IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
SCIENTIFIC METHOD
WHAT IS THE CENTER LAYER OF THE EARTH CALLED?
CORE
TRUE OR FALSE
ENVIRONMENTALISM IS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT DEDICATED TO PROTECTING THE NATURAL WORLD.
TRUE
A STATEMENT THAT ATTEMPTS TO EXPLAIN A PHENOMENON OR ANSWER A SCIENTIFIC QUESTION IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
HYPOTHESIS
THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF HOW THE NATURAL WORLD WORKS. HOW OUR ENVIRONMENT AFFECTS US, AND HOW WE AFFECT OUR ENVIRONMENT IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
THE SMALLEST UNIT THAT MAINTAINS THE CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF THE ELEMENT IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
AN ATOM
A GREAT DEAL OF SCIENTIFIC WORK IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
DESCRIPTIVE SCIENCE
A POWERFUL SURGE OF SEAWATER GENERATED WHEN AN OFFSHORE EARTHQUAKE DISPLACES LARGE VOLUMES OF ROCKS AND SEDIMENT ON THE OCEAN BOTTOM IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
TSUNAMI
WHAT ARE THE SIX STEPS IN SCIENTIFIC METHOD?
OBSERVATION
QUESTIONS
HYPOTHESIS
PREDICTION
TEST
RESULTS
WHAT ARE EARTH’S THREE PRIMARY LAYERS?
CORE
MANTLE
CRUST
TRUE OR FALSE
SECONDARY SOURCE IS A SOURCE THAT PRESENTS NOVEL INFORMATION AND STANDS ON ITS OWN.
FALSE
ACTIVITY DESIGNED TO TEST THE VALIDITY OF A PREDICTION OR A HYPOTHESIS IS WHAT?
EXPERIMENT
TRUE OR FALSE
NATURAL RESOURCES THAT ARE REPLINISHED OVER SHORT PERIODS ARE KNOWN AS NONRENEWABLE NATURAL RESOURCES.
FALSE
TRUE OR FALSE
THE FIRST LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS STATES THAT ENERGY CAN CHANGE FROM ONE FORM TO ANOTHER BUT IT CAN NOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED.
TRUE
SEEKING WAYS TO HELP COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITIES REDUCE THEIR ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
CAMPUS SUSTAINABILITY
VALUABLE GUARD AGAINST FAULTY RESEARCH CONTAMINATING THE LITERATURE IS KNOWN AS WHAT?
PEER REVIEW
WHAT ARE THE FOURTEEN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES?
GEOLOGY, GEOGRAPHY, ARCHAEOLOGY, HISTORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE, ENGINEERING, ECONOMICS, ETHICS, ECOLOGY, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE, OCEANOGRAPHY, ANTHROPOLOGY.
WHAT ARE THREE TYPES OF PLATE BOUNDARIES?
DIVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
TRANSFORM PLATE BOUNDARIES
CONVERGENT PLATE BOUNDARIES
THERE FOURTEEN INTERDISCIPLINARY SCIENCES, NAME THE FOUR THAT STARTS WITH THE LETTER “E”
ECOLOGY
ETHICS
ECONOMICS
ENGINEERING
WHAT IS A FUNDAMENTAL TYPE OF MATTER, A CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE WITH A GIVEN SET OF PROPERTIES THAT CANNOT BE BROKEN DOWN INTO SUBSTANCES WITH OTHER PROPERTIES?
AN ELEMENT