Environmental Science Basics
This includes all living things, nonliving things, humans, and human-made structures.
What is the environment
This is the first step of the scientific method.
What is stating the problem/question
This process allows other scientists to check research for flaws or inaccurate conclusions.
What is peer review
When the supply of a resource decreases while demand remains high, this will generally happen to its price.
What is an increase in price
These environmental policies use government rules, restrictions, and possible punishments to influence behavior.
What are regulations
This type of natural resource can be replenished over a relatively short period of time.
What is a renewable resource
This is the information gathered during an experiment.
What is data
This ethical worldview places the greatest value on humans and human welfare
What is anthropocentrism
This process compares the costs of a decision with its potential benefits
What is a cost-benefit analysis
This type of environmental policy encourages certain behaviors through rewards such as subsidies or tax breaks.
What are incentives
This describes using a natural resource at the same rate that it is replenished.
What is sustainable use
This type of data consists of numbers and measurements
What is quantitative data
This ethical worldview values individual living organisms, including humans.
What is biocentrism
Kayaking, hiking, and enjoying nature are examples of this type of ecosystem service.
What is a cultural ecosystem service
In a cap-and-trade system, this part establishes the total amount of pollution that is allowed.
What is the cap
Natural gas belongs to this category of natural resources.
What is a nonrenewable resource
This type of reasoning uses known information or rules to make a conclusion about something new.
What is deductive reasoning?
This ethical worldview values an entire ecosystem or ecological community
What is ecocentrism
A wetland preventing flooding is an example of this type of ecosystem service.
What is a regulating ecosystem service
This environmental policy combines a limit on pollution with the ability to buy, sell, or trade permits.
What is cap-and-trade
This field of science focuses on organisms and their natural environments
What is ecology
A scientist changes the amount of sunlight plants receive and measures their growth. The amount of sunlight is this type of variable.
What is the independent variable
Someone wants to stop construction specifically because a rare lizard living on the property deserves protection. This ethical worldview best represents their thinking.
What is biocentrism
Food and other goods that humans obtain directly from ecosystems belong to this type of ecosystem service.
What is a provisioning ecosystem service
Regulations can be expensive because the government must spend money doing this to make sure the rules are followed.
What is enforcement