Intro to Environmental science
What is Environmental science?
Study of the interactions of living and non-living parts of the environment.
What is an experimental variable?
Changed by the person doing the experiment
What is matter?
Anything that has mass and takes up space
What are some features of a prokaryote cell?
They have no nucleus, no organelles and small in size.
What is entropy?
Measurement of disorder within something
What is the scientific law?
Describes how elements of nature will behave under certain circumstances.
What is the controlled variable?
Not changed by the experimental changes because of the independent variable.
What is an atom?
Smallest component of element
What are some features of Eukaryote cells?
Large in size
Have a membrane bound
prominent nucleus
What is thermodynamics?
It deals with heat, work energy and every moves though physical system
Types of natural sciences
Physical, geology, biology, chemistry and environmental
What is pure science that seeks knowledge?
Basic science
What are the types of chemical bonds?
What do prokaryotes and Eukaryotes have in common?
Cell membranes
DNA
Cytoplasm
Ribosomes
What is kinetic energy?
Energy in motion, energy an object has because it is moving.
What is inductive reasoning?
Logic thinking that uses related observations to arrive at a general conclusion
What uses science to solve a real world problem?
Applied science
Is cation or anion positive?
Cation
What is photosynthesis?
The process which sunlight energy is used to make glucose
What is the 2nd law of thermodynamics?
Energy spreads out over time. Things naturally become more disorganized.
What is deductive reasoning?
What does the control group do?
True or false is water crucial for life?
TRUE
Where does photosynthesis occur?
Chlorplast
What is metabolism?
All the chemical reaction and process in the body that maintains life.