Lesson 1.1
weather, water, rocks, salinity are all examples
What is an abiotic factor?
A controlled experiment includes these two and only these two variables.
What are independent and dependent?
When the scientific community examines a paper before publishing to determine the accuracy
What is peer review?
When your data does NOT support your hypothesis you have to ________________ that hypothesis.
What is refute?
A testable explanation for a fairly narrow set of phenomenon.
What is a hypothesis?
sunlight, coal, water are all examples (plastic is a nonexample)
What are natural resources?
typically the independent variable is located on this axis.
What is the X - axis?
In the Scientific method lab (Vitruvian Man) we measured this variable, which was the difference between arm span and height.
What is the dependent variable?
A specific statement about what we would expect to happen if a hypothesis is true.
trees and soil can be an example
fossil fuels like oil are always an example
What is a nonrenewable natural resouce?
The first step in the scientific method
What is "ask a question"?
Catching fish unsustainably is an example of this concept
What is The Tragedy of the Commons
An activity designed to test the validity of a hypothesis.
What is an experiment?
this period is characterized by people settling down in permanent location to plant crops.
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
after you carry out an experiment, but before you make conculsions about your data, you do this.
A broad explanation that applies to a wide range of observations that have undergone extensive and rigorous testing.
What is a scientific theory?
a way to measure the amount of resources that people use
What is an ecological footprint?