Anthro, Bio, or Eco?
This ethical worldview places the most value on human populations and human welfare
What is Anthropocentrism?
A hypothesis is defined as this type of explanation for a question or problem
What is a testable explanation?
A controlled experiment is designed to change only this many variables at a time
What is one variable?
When an experiment is finished, scientists often submit their findings for this review process
What is peer review?
Step 1 of the scientific method involves stating a problem or question based on these
What are observations?
This worldview places value on each and every organism, including human beings
What is Biocentrism?
This type of logical reasoning looks for patterns or rules in the natural world
What is inductive reasoning?
In an experiment, this term refers to the conditions or factors you keep the same
What are constants?
In scientific review, "peers" are defined as individuals sharing this level of background
What is the same level of education or specialization?
Step 2 of the scientific method involves gathering information, which is also referred to as this
What is research?
This ethical perspective values the ecosystem or community as a whole rather than focusing on individuals
What is Ecocentrism?
This type of reasoning compares new observations to established rules of the natural world
What is deductive reasoning?
When graphing experimental data, the independent variable belongs on this axis
What is the X-axis?
If peer reviewers are satisfied with the findings, the work may be published in one of these
What is a scientific journal?
Guessing that your smartphone isn't charging because the charging cable is broken represents this step of the scientific method
What is the hypothesis?
This is defined as the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles
What are ethics?
Observing multiple individual feathered birds to conclude that "all birds have feathers" is an example of this logic
What is inductive reasoning?
This is the name for the variable that you measure as a result of an experiment
What is the dependent variable?
The scientific community relies heavily on peer review to guard against this
What is faulty science/pseudoscience?
Plugging your phone into a new charging cable to see if it starts charging represents this step of the scientific method
What is the experiment?
In addition to organisms, environmental science ethics must factor in human populations and this field
What is economics?
Reasoning that "if electricity is needed to turn on lights and they are off, there is no electricity" demonstrates this logic
What is deductive reasoning?
In a drug trial, the group of participants given a pill without the active drug is known as this
What is the control group?
Supported by many fields of evidence, atomic theory and evolution are examples of these broad explanations of phenomena
What are scientific theories?
If experimental data fails to support the hypothesis, scientists must do this before restarting
What is making a new hypothesis?