History of Environmentalism
Scientific Method
People and Their Needs
People and their Needs
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100
The government agency that was put in place to enforce laws that protect the environment.
What is environmental protection agency (EPA)
100
The group in an experiment that has all of the original factors.
What is the control group.
100
The type of society that does not settle but moves to gather food sources.
What is hunter-gatherer society.
100
When a population uses resources at a rate that they can replace it is called.
What is sustainable.
100
Type of model that uses map and charts.
What is graphical.
200
The event that caused the beggining of the environmental movement.
What is the industrial revolution.
200
The variable that is measured at the end of the experiment.
What is the dependent variable.
200
The two types of natural resources.
What is renewable and nonrenewable.
200
An abundance of waste that effects the environment in a negative way.
What is pollution.
200
Society when people first started settling down and growing their own food.
What is agricultural society.
300
What oil company spilled eleven million dollars worth of oil of the coast of Alaska.
What is Exxon.
300
The number of individuals selected to represent the population.
What is a sample.
300
The variety of species that live in a certain area.
What is biodiversity.
300
What type of society replaces human labor with machines for more production.
What is industrial.
300
Variable that is controlled by us.
What is independent variable.
400
What scientist wrote the Gaia hypothesis.
What is James Lovelock.
400
If a hypothesis is tested over and over successfully, what does it become.
What is a theory.
400
Who wrote the tragedy of commons.
Who is Garrett Hardin.
400
When a large percentage of a natrual resource is used up it is said to be.
What is depleted.
400
Type of pollutant that can be broken down easily.
What is biodegradable.
500
Name three acts the government passed to protect the environment.
What is clean air act, noise control act, endangered species act, and safe ddrinking water act.
500
Name the five parts of the scientific method.
What is observe, research, hypothesize, experiment, and draw conclusions.
500
The three parts of the fronteir ethic.
What is resources are unlimited and founded for human consumption.
500
Type of pollutant that can be broken down easily.
What is resources are not all limited, humans are part of nature, and human succes is based on living in harmony with Earth.
500
Name the four types models.
What is graphical, matematical, conceptual, and physical.
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