General Vocab
A formal examination of a research report by the scientific community
Peer Review
Ensemble of knowledge, beliefs, values, and learned ways of life shared by a group of people
What is culture?
The starting point of a scientific study, generally, which can be made with the eye, with instruments, or by reading scientific literature.
What is an observation?
This resource, extracted from the ground, is an example of a non-renewable resource.
What is oil/gas?
a broad explanation for a wide range of situations and observations
theory
These testable explanations for a narrow set of phenomena should be tested several times, in several ways, before they are accepted by the scientific community.
What is a hypothesis?
Experiments or observational studies in which only one variable is manipulated are described
What is a controlled experiment?
The name for a situation in which resources, made available to everyone, are used unsustainably and eventually depleted
Tragedy of the commons
a factor determined by the conditions set up in an experiment
dependent variable
A worldview in which all components of an ecosystem have value
What is ecocentrism?
a proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
What is a hypothesis?
One is objective, unbiased pursuit of knowledge about the workings of the environment and our interactions with it; the other is a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world
What is the difference between Environmental Science and Environmentalism?
used at a rate equal to the rate of replenishment into the foreseeable future
sustainable
This movement recognizes that quality of life is connected to environmental quality, and promotes fair and equitable treatment of all people regarding environmental policy and practice
What is Environmental Justice?
facts and statistics collected together for reference or analysis
What are data?
This term encompasses all living and nonliving things with which organisms interact.
What is the environment?
the environmental effects of an individual or group in terms of resources used and waste produced
What is an ecological footprint?
A worldview that holds humans and human welfare as the most important
What is Anthropocentrism?
The factor you manipulate, control, or vary in an experimental study to explore its effects
The agricultural revolution, beginning around 10,000 years ago, marked the start of this method of producing food
What is farming?