Experimental Design
Information gathered in an experiment
What is Data?
A testable idea used to explain a phenomenon.
What is an hypothesis?
This is a material or energy source provided by nature, that people need to survive.
What is a natural resource?
This is the study of right and wrong.
What is Ethics?
A factor scientists manipulate in an experiment.
An environment is...
All things living and nonliving organisms interact with.
To be sustainable means...
To use something at the rate equal to the rate of replenishment.
This is a formal examination of a research report by the scientific community
What is Peer Reviewed?
Define Dependent Variable
What is a factor determined by the conditions set in an experiment?
List the 3 missing steps of the scientific method
1. Make an observation
2. Research
3. Form a question
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7. Accept/Reject hypothesis (Repeat steps 4-6)
4. Create a hypothesis
5.Experiement
6. Analyze data
A natural resource that forms extremely slowly or once it is used it cannot be reused.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
The three ethical viewpoints.
Anthropocentrism
Biocentrism
Ecocentrism
In an experiment, a scientist suggests that stretching your arms before playing football makes you through the ball farther. The distance that the ball is thrown represents the _______________________ variable.
What is the Dependent Variable?
A social movement dedicated to protect the natural world?
What is enviromentalism?
Define Ecological Footprint
What is the environmental effects of an individual or group in terms of resources used?
Biocentric means to..
What is to places a high value on both humans and all living things?
Identify the Dependent Variable, Independent Variable, Hypothesis, and Control
Your neighbors garden grew bigger than yours. They claim that they started to use organic fertilizer. You test the affects of organic fertilizer to plant growth. In this experiment Group A is given fertilizer. While Group B is not given any fertilizer. 12 weeks later you measure the plants height.
Control: answers may vary (Ex. Sunlight, Water)
Hypothesis Using organic fertilizer will make plants grow bigger.
Independent Variable: Using organic fertilizer
Dependent Variable: Plant Height
List 5 things that are part of the Spotswood environment. (Remember: living and nonliving)
Answers May Vary?..... (100 points for each thing listed)
Give an example of 3 renewable resources.
Give an example of 2 non-renewable resources.
Renewable: Solar, Wind, Wave energy, Hydro-electrical, turbine, nuclear
Nonrenewable: Fossil Fuel, Oil, Coal
Compare and Contrast Biocentric to Eco-centric to Anthropocentric
All three places high value on humans
Anthropocentric places high value on only humans and human welfare
Biocentric places high value on all living things
Ecocentric places high value on all living and nonliving things