During this time period, the first cities were built.
The Agricultural Revolution
When is your first test in this class?
TOMORROW!!
To take control of a plant or animal and incorporate them into a society.
Domesticate.
Human Population currently?
8+ Billion
This is the term used to describe how to properly set up an experiment.
What was the main fuel source that was used during the industrial revolution?
Choose a team to steal points from!
Got 'em!
To live in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely.
Sustainability
All countries can be categorized using one of these two terms referring to their population dynamics and wealth.
Developed and Developing countries
How many variables can be changed in a controlled experiment?
For most of human history, we lived during this time period.
Hunter-Gathers
What is the key goal of Environmental Science? (One word)
Sustainability
A situation in a shared-resource system where individual users acting independently according to their own self-interest behave contrary to the common good of all users by depleting or spoiling that resource through their collective action.
Tragedy of the Commons
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
In an experiment, one group will not receive the experimental treatment and will therefore be left unchanged. What is that group called?
The Control Group
This time period saw the creation of standing armies.
Agricultural Revolution
What are the 6 sciences that make up environmental science, as described in your notes?
Ecology, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Zoology, and Geology
The variety of life within an ecosystem.
Biodiversity
LOW Level of income, HIGH Birth Rate, and LOW Education Rate
Developing Country
What is established at the beginning of an experiment, is based on research and prior knowledge, and is being tested in the experiment?
Hypothesis
This time period saw the largest growth in human population ever.
The Medical Revolution.
What are the 3 types of Biodiversity?
Genetic variation, Species variation, and community variation.
A calculated impact of a person on the environment, expressed as the amount of land required to sustain their use of natural resources.
Ecological Footprint
Around what year did the human population first reach 1 billion people?
1800
When the scientific method is used properly, what is the only for the results of an experiment to be meaningless?
Results are never meaningless!!!!!