State of the Environment
The combination of all things and factors external to the individual or population of organisms in question is
Environment
Science is the knowledge gained through this process
Scientific Method
Matter is
Anything that occupies space and has mass.
The study of all processes influencing the distribution and abundance of organisms and the interactions between living things and their environment is
Ecology
This describes a species that no longer exists in a certain geographic region
Extirpated
A society in balance with the natural world, neither depleting its resource base nor producing pollutants in excess of nature’s capacity to absorb them is referred to as
A sustainable society
What is non-science and give an example
An area of study that is not scientific
(Art, history, religion, philosophy, English/Literature, etc)
What is something that consists of two or more atoms bonded in a specific way?
Molecule
The _____________________ was characterized by a shift from human and animal power to fossil fuels.
Industrial Revolution
This is a scientific model employed to describe the highest possible rate of use that the system can match with its own rate of replacement or maintenance
Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY)
This person was the author of Silent Spring and played a major role in the beginning of the modern environment movement
Rachel Carson
This would be true if there was no relationship between the variables being tested
Null Hypothesis
The concentration of hydrogen ions is expressed as
pH
If an area lacks soil, the process of initial invasion and progression from one biotic community to the next is _______
Primary Succession
These are the two kinds of value considered when making decisions about preserving wild species
Instrumental (existence or use benefits some other entity)
Intrinsic (value for their own sake)
Most environmental issues pass through a policy life cycle, the four stages of this are
Recognition, Formulation, Implementation, Control
What is pseudoscience and give an example?
Information that is presented as science but is not (astrology, cryptozoology, flat earth theory, homeopathic medicine)
A stretched rubber band has this type of energy
Potential
Name two types of biomes (a larger geographical biotic community, controlled by climate)
Desert, Grassland and Savannas, Chaparral, Tropical Rain Forests, Tropical Dry (Deciduous) Forest, Temperate Forests, Coniferous Forests, Tundra
The passenger pigeon was once the most common bird in North America, what caused its extinction?
Hunted by Humans
A ___________ begins by examining the need for a proposed regulation and then describes a range of alternative approaches. Afterward, it compares the estimated costs of the proposed action and the main alternatives to the benefits that will be achieved.
Cost-benefit analysis
An educated guess is a ______ and an overarching conceptual framework that explains many observations and is well supported by evidence is called a _______
Hypothesis, Theory
Our bodies are made up of large chemical compounds; name the six key elements these compounds usually contain
Carbon ( C), hydrogen (H), oxygen (O), nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P), and sulfur (S)
Plants and algae use the process of photosynthesis to make sugar from what three things
Carbon dioxide, water and light energy (also releases oxygen as a by-product)
What are the four ways the value of natural species can be categorized?
Value as sources for food and raw materials;
Medicines and pharmaceuticals;
Recreational, aesthetic and scientific value;
Value for its own sake