Natural Resources
A natural resource that is formed much more slowly than we use it is called
nonrenewable
A set of moral principles or values held by a person or a society is called
ethics
Which steps are usually near the beginning of a scientific investigation (method)?
Observation and modeling
Science can never completely prove or disprove an idea.
True
In ___________ experiments scientist observe things that have already happened or that already exist. Scientist do not make changes.
natural
What is an example of a renewable natural resource?
wave energy
Results published in ________ are the most respected in science because they have passed through a rigorous evaluation process involving feedback from multiple sources.
peer reviewed journals
What is quantitative data?
Data expressed in numbers.
__________________ is a systematic process for learning about the world and testing our understanding of it.
scientific method
What two factors are ecological footprint calculated from.
resources used and waste created
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable natural resource?
natural gas
A human-centered view of our relationship with the environment is known as
Anthropocentrism
Changes in scientific thought demonstrate a key strength of science: the ability to self-correct and improve.
True
A(n)_______________is a testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question.
hypothesis
Scientist use two types of reasoning. Which form of reasoning has detailed truth about something and uses that truth to construct generalized understandings.
Deductive reasoning
What are in between resources?
resources that are replenished slowly but not as slow as nonrenewable resources.
What is ecocentrism?
A community is more important than individual.
It assumes that the natural world works according to rules that do not change unpredictably.
True
To be accepted as a scientific __________, an idea must effectively explain a phenomenon, make accurate predictions in a wide range of situations, and have undergone extensive, rigorous testing.
theory
In an experiment, a scientist adds fertilizer to one pond in order to compare the algae growth to a pond that does not receive fertilizer. The amount of algae that grows would represent a(n)
dependent variable
What is an example of renewable, in between, and nonrenewable resource?
Wave energy, sunlight, wind energy, geothermal energy, forest, freshwater, coal, natural gas, oil
What is biocentrism?
All living things have value.
What term describes a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world from undesirable changes brought about by human actions?
Environmentalism
What is one of the key differences between scientific theories and hypotheses?
What tool would be very useful to geologist because they cannot easily perform experiments to test the effects of tectonic plate motion? (They cannot directly observe the tectonic plate motion)
Modeling