What is the environment?
All the living and non living things around us
What is environmental science?
The study of how the natural world works and how it affects us and how human affects the environment.
What are natural resources?
Substances and energy sources needed for survival.
What are renewable resources?
Sources that can be replenished.
What are nonrenewable resources?
Sources that cannot be renewed after use
What are ecosystem services?
Services that arise from the normal functioning of natural resources?
(Pollination, water and air purification)
What was the agricultural revolution?
The farming of crops and livestock brought stable food supplies
What was the Industrial Revolution?
The urbanization of society through the use of fossil fuels, improvements in sanitation and medicine, and the advent of pesticides and fertilizers.
What is ecological footprint?
The impact that the average person has on the environment
What is overshoot?
When humans have surpassed the Earth’s capacity to support them
What is natural sciences?
Disciplines that examines the natural world.
What is social sciences?
Disciplines that examine values and human behavior
What is environmental science
The combination of natural and human sciences
What is environmentalism?
A social movement that tries to protect the earth from human caused changes
What is science?
The systematic process for learning about the world and testing the understanding of it
What is observational science?
The gathering of information about organisms, systems and processes
What is hypothesis driven science?
Targeted research that tests hypothesis
What does a scientist do?
Makes observations and asks questions about a phenomenon
What is a hypothesis?
A statement that tries to explain the question
What is a prediction?
A specific statement that can be directly tested
What is a variable?
A condition that can change
What is an independent variable?
A variable that can be manipulated
What is a dependent variable?
A variable that depends on the independent variable
What is a controlled experiment?
An experiment in which the effects of all variables are controlled except the independent variable.
