The Nature of Science
Scientists use observation and experimentation to collect...
what is evidence/data?
The philosophical branch dealing with morals, good vs bad, and right vs wrong is...
What is ethics?
The hole above the Antarctic is...
What is the Ozone Hole?
The study of the natural world and human-nature interactions is...
What is environmental science?
Overuse of publicly available resources leads to what is called...
What is the tragedy of the commons?
Science can never prove something absolutely because...
(Answers may vary but data/evidence).
The 3 ethical standards in environmental science are
What are anthropocentrism, biocentrism, and ecocentrism?
The ozone layer according to the textbook is expected to be fully repaired in...
What is 2050?
All living and nonliving things that organisms interact with is...
What is the environment?
What is the easiest way to avoid the tragedy of the commons?
What is regulation or limitation of commonly used good? (Also accept sustainable use)
A hypothesis is _____ while a theory is ____
What is an idea that needs to be tested and an explanation that has been rigorously tested?
In class, we discussed experiments that cause harm to those involved (either willing or unwilling participants). One such experiment was...
(Answers will vary)
The ozone hole grows and shrinks with the seasonal changes. It grows during __ and shrinks during ___.
What are summer and winter?
The idea of using resources at the same rate into the foreseeable future is...
What is sustainability?
Having unregulated public resources encourages people to...
What is overuse and exploit the resources?
The scientific process consists of forming hypotheses, making predictions, modeling, experimentation, and ___.
What is analyzing/interpreting data?
What is environmental ethics?
The ozone layer is important because...
What is "protection from UV radiation"?
The 2 main types of natural resources are...
What are renewable and non-renewable resources?
True or False: People who use common resources take accountability for their overuse and exploitation of goods.
What is False?
An increase in shark attacks looking like it causes ice cream sales increase is an example of...
What is Correlation implies Causation?
The movement focused on promoting fair and equitable treatment of all people with respect to the environment is....
What is the environmental justice movement?
The chemicals the depleted the ozone layer are...
What are Chlorofluorocarbons (or CFCs)?
Expressions of individual of population effects on the environment are...
What are ecological footprints?
The original context for the tragedy of the commons was...
What is unregulated grazing in open pastures?