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Vocab Masters
Eco Things
It's a Method!
100

In this study, 399 African American men were diagnosed with syphilis but were never informed that they had the disease, and doctors even withheld proven medications.

What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

100

This is is any substance that occupies space and has mass

What is matter

100

specific area that includes organisms and their environment and has biotic and abiotic components

What is an ecosystem

100

This is most often the first step of the Scientific Method

What is an observation or making observations

200

This 30-year-old African American woman, was diagnosed with cervical cancer and researchers took samples of her cells and with them created the immortal HeLa cell line.

Who is Henrietta Lacks

200

The smallest unit of matter that retains all of the chemical properties of an element.

What is an atom

200

This field studies all aspects of the environment in an interdisciplinary way

What is Environmental Science

200

This term describes what is manipulated or changed during the course of an experiment

What is the independent variable

300

This is is a negative attitude, of which one is not consciously aware, against a specific social group or issue.

What is implicit bias

300

These are formed when two or more atoms join together through chemical bonds to form a unit of matter.

What are molecules

300

This justification for conservation represents the belief that various aspects of the environment have a right to exist and that it is our moral obligation to allow them to continue or help them persist.

What is the moral justification

300

This is a suggested explanation for an event, which can be tested with experiments. 

What is a hypothesis.

400

This is a process where individuals or groups from one cultural or ethnic background are compelled to abandon their native culture, language, and identity to adopt the customs, norms, and practices of a dominant group.

What is forced assimilation

400

carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids are all examples of this group of molecules

What are biological molecules, or biomolecules

400

 a social movement through which citizens are involved in activism to further the protection of environmental landmarks and natural resources.

What is environmentalism

400

This is a tested and confirmed explanation for observations or phenomena that is supported by many repeated experiences and observations.

What is a Theory

500

This is a discriminatory practice in which financial services are withheld from neighborhoods that have significant numbers of racial and ethnic minorities.

What is redlining.

500

man-made systems like agricultural fields or reservoirs

What are anthropogenic systems

500

These are all the living factors of an ecosystem

What are biotic factors

500

Most experiments have this group that has no experimental change made to it. 

What is the control group