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undesired change in air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health, survival, or activities of humans or other organisms
What is pollution?
100
the number obtained by adding up the data for a given characteristic and dividing this sum by the number of individuals
What is the mean?
100
Law of ______ and _______: states that the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth
What is supply and demand?
100
the study of how humans interact with the environment
What is environmental science?
100
the information that a scientist gathers during an experiment, often in numeric form
What is data?
200
the practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, housing, transportation, and other purposes
What is agriculture?
200
a testable explanation for an observation
What is a hypothesis?
200
the chance that something will happen
What is probability?
200
a piece of information we gather using our 5 senses
What is observation?
200
plastic, solid layer of the mantle that flows very slowly and allows tectonic plates to move on top of it
What is the asthenosphere?
300
the number and variety of species that live in an area
What is biodiversity?
300
the group that receives the experimental treatment
What is experimental group?
300
the group of individuals or events selected to represent the population
What is the sample?
300
one or more equations that represents the way a system or process works
What is mathematical model?
300
____________ Effect: gases in the atmosphere trap heat near the Earth
What is greenhouse?
400
the value that involves the gain or loss of money or jobs
What is economic?
400
the group that is left alone and does not receive the experimental treatment
What is the control group?
400
the probability of an unwanted outcome
What is risk?
400
Earth’s outer layer, consists of the crust and the uppermost part of the mantle, divided into pieces called tectonic plates
What is the Lithosphere?
400
part of the core, made of solid nickel and iron
What is the inner core?
500
the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country
What is ecological footprint?
500
atmospheric layer above the mesosphere; also where the atmosphere gets the warmest
What is the thermosphere?
500
mixture of gases that surround Earth
What is the atmosphere?
500
atmospheric layer nearest Earth’s surface
What is the troposphere?
500
a molecule made up of three oxygen atoms, creates a layer in the atmosphere
What is ozone?