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This & That
100
The practice of growing, breeding and caring for plants and animals
What is agriculture?
100
The main reason why environmental problems occur
What are humans?
100
A bar graph is what type of model that scientists use
What is a graphical model?
100
The first step in the scientific method
What is observation?
100
A tree is an example of this kind of resource.
What is renewable resource?
200
Time period where more fossil fuels where being used
What is the Industrial Revolution?
200
A country that has a higher yearly income and a slower population growth is considered this
What is a developed country?
200

A testable explanation for an observation

What is a hypothesis?

200
The information collected during the experiment step and analyzed in the following step during the scientific method is called this.
What is data?
200
Number and variety of species that live in an area
What is biodiversity?
300
Group of people that caused overhunting and the burning of the prairies
What are the hunter-gatherers?
300
The greater the demand for a product, the more it is worth. This statement refers to what economic situation?
What is supply and demand?
300
How much land is needed to support one person in a particular country is called what?
What is an ecological footprint?
300
What step follows the experiment in the scientific method?
What is Organizing & Analyzing Data?
300
A natural resource that can not be replaced in your lifetime.
What is a nonrenewable resource?
400
Time period where new food was being introduced
What is the Agricultural Revolution?
400
This is done when a scientist determines the costs associated with an environmental solution as well as makes a list of the good aspects.
What is a cost-benefit analysis?
400
A verbal explanation or a diagram are examples of this type of model
What is a conceptual model?
400
What are the two key components to an experiment?
What are the control group and variables?
400
A substance that causes harm to the environment before it decomposes into useful nutrients in the soil
What is a biodegradable pollutant?
500
The quality of life greatly improved after the Industrial Revolution to today because of improvements in sanitation, nutrition and this
What is medical care?
500
When a scientist determines the amount of danger in an environmental situation, they have completed this type of assessment.
What is a risk assessment?
500
This is used by a scientist when an experiment can't be used to test a hypothesis
What is the correlation method?
500
Name the last three steps to the scientific method.
What are conclusions, repeat experiment, and communicating results?
500
When human needs can be met so that all humans can survive indefinitely
What is sustainability?