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40 Cards in this Set
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Environmental Science |
Study of our environment & our place in it |
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Throughput |
Amount of resources used & disposed |
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Ecosystem Services |
Resources provided by environment |
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Tragedy of the Commons |
Population growth leads to overuse then the destruction of resources |
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Sustainability |
Ecological sustainability & human progress that can last |
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Indigenous Peoples |
Know a lot about their environment but are ignored |
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Science |
Knowledge based on ideas |
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Global Environmentalism |
Modern environmental concerns to global issues |
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Modern Environmentalism |
Natural resources & environmental pollution |
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Preservation |
Living organisms can exist & pursue their own ends |
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Utilitarian Conservation |
Resources should only be used for the greater good |
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Logical Thinking |
Whether your argument makes sense |
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Reflective Thinking |
"What does this mean" |
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Analytical Thinking |
Break down a problem |
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Critical Thinking |
What you do to evaluate something |
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Critical Thinking |
What you do to evaluate something |
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Paradigm Shift |
Scientists accept an old idea rather than a new one |
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Scientific Consensus |
General agreement |
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Independent Variable |
Doesn't respond to other variables |
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Dependent Variable |
Affected by independent variable |
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Double Blind Experiments |
Researchers & subjects have no clue who's in the control & treatment groups |
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Blind Experiments |
Researchers aren't sure which group is treated |
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Controlled Studies |
Comparison between two identical groups |
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Manipulative Experiments |
Conditions are altered but others are constant |
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Natural Experiments |
Observations of natural events |
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Scientific Theory |
Scientists reach a general conclusion |
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Probability |
How likely something is bound to occur |
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Replication |
Repeats studies a numerous of times |
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Deductive Reasoning |
General to specific |
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Inductive Reasoning |
Coming up with a general rule |
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Hypothesis |
Testable explanation |
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Environment |
Circumstances or conditions that surrounds a group of organisms |
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Environmentalist |
Influence attitudes and policies that affect the environment |
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Biodiversity Loss |
Due to habitat destruction |
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Mean |
Average number of observations |
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Histogram |
Graph of frequency distribution |
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Normal distribution |
Bell shaped curve |
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Paradigm |
Model of the world that shape our world views |
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Sound Science |
Valid science |
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Sustainable development |
Increase in well being & standard of life |
