The Environment & Society
Scientific Method
Making Informed Decisions
Miscellaneous
Vocabulary
100
What kind of nation has diverse individual economies?
What is Developed nations
100
The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the _____ _____
What is control group
100
Principles or standards we consider important are known as
What is Values
100
What is the format for stating a hypothesis?
What is if, then
100
principles or standards we consider important
What is values
200
List the reasons for a developing nation and give three examples of countries.
What is Low income, agriculture based economy, high population growth. Mexico, India, Indonesia...
200
What is a quantitative observation? What is a qualitative observation?
What is (numerical) (description 5 Senses)
200
recreational values include
What is human leisure activities
200
What is things that stay the same in all groups to make it a fair test
What is Constants
200
What is a testable explanation for an observation
What is hypothesis
300
According to the law of supply and demand, what would occur if the supply of copper declined but the demand remained the same?
What is Copper prices would increase
300
By examining___________, scientists can test predictions for situations in which it is impossible or unethical to use experiments
What is correlations
300
Which step in the environmental decision-making model should include reading newspapers and listening to well-informed people on all sides of an issue?
What is Gathering Information
300
Describe the tragedy of the commons.
What is Open land, cows grazing...
300
What is the accumulation, sharing of knowledge
What is educational value
400
Why do people in developing countries tend to have a smaller ecological footprint than people in developed countries?
What is In a developing country, most people do not drive cars and generally depend less on resources from distant areas. Most of their food comes from nearby farms.
400
What are The steps of the experimental method in their correct order
What is Problem, hypothesis, perform a controlled experiment, draw conclusions.
400
Environmental values include?
What is the protection of natural resources
400
Developed nations use about ____ percent of the world’s resources, although they make up only ____ percent of the world’s population
What is 75, 20
400
What is what scientists use to test a prediction when they cannot use an experiment
What is Correlation
500
What is a sustainable world?
What is In a sustainable world, human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely.
500
What is the difference between an independent variable and dependent variable?
What is IV - I change DV- Data you measure
500
What is the decision making model?
What is provides a systematic process, is a conceptual model, helps you make decisions
500
What are calculations that show the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country.
What is Ecological Footprints
500
What is the value of the maintenance of human communities, their values, and their traditions
What is social/cultural value