Definitions & Examples
Explain the differences among the following terms: environmental science & ecology.
What is Environmental science is the study of ecology and human impact & Ecology is the scientific study of relationships between organisms and their environment.
Describe a resource.
A physical material that humans need and value such as land, air, and water
Describe inductive reasoning.
What is Inductive reasoning is a method of drawing conclusions by going from the specific to the general
Describe the 3 types of ethical worldviews and their focus regarding the environment.
What is: Anthropocentric- humans, Biocentric- any organism, Ecocentric- ecosystem as a whole?
Convert 2.75 kg to grams.
What is 2750 grams?
Give examples of 2 renewable resources & 2 nonrenewable resources.
What is renewable- soil, water; nonrenewable- oil, natural gas
What is an Ecological footprint?
What is materials & resources consumed & needed for disposal & waste
Describe deductive reasoning.
What is deductive reasoning, where you proceed from general information to specific conclusions
What are the 3 types of environmental policies used to protect the environment in the United States?
What are Regulations, incentives, cap-and-trade
80% of the frogs in a pond are spring peepers. If there are 200 frogs in the pond, how many spring peepers are there?
160
What is included in the term “environment”?
What is all living & non-living things (including humans)
Which areas of the world have the largest ecological footprint? Why?
What is Industrialized nations have the largest footprint because they use more fossil fuels.
How does quantitative & qualitative data differ?
What is Quantitative= numbers, Qualitative= descriptions
What is Ecology?
The study of living things and their interaction with the environment.
How do supply and demand affect cost?
When supply increases, cost usually decreases. When supply decreases and demand increases, cost increases.
Trees along a slope prevent erosion. What type of ecosystem service are they providing?
What is regulating
What are the 2 major events that drastically changed the human population & its use of resources?
What are the Agricultural revolution & the industrial revolution
Describe the word "peer"
What is an individual at the same level of education or specialization?
Name 1 type of biodiversity in ecology.
ecosystem, Species, genetic
What is a cost-benefit analysis?
What is the process of deciding whether the gain brought by the resource is worth the cost
Describe the difference between the independent and dependent variable in an experiment.
What is Independent Variable is what is manipulated or changed and the Dependent Variable is what is measured.
Name 3 ways humans have had a negative impact on the environment.
Deforestation, Air pollution, Sea pollution, erosion, global warming
How does the peer-review process reduce faulty science?
What is Peer-review looks at flaws in the experiment or conclusion to make sure the data is accurate?
Name 2 different ecosystems.
Temperate Forest, Grassland, Tundra, Desert, Rain Forest, Ocean, Freshwater
List 5 steps in the scientific method.
What is problem/question, hypothesis, experiment, collect data, conclusion