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42 Cards in this Set
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●mild and relatively constant temp. ●plentiful supplies of clean air,water, and fertile soil ●biochemical cyles and biologicalcommunities ●rich diversity of life) |
Earth Environment
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Earth |
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French environment |
Ethymology Natural components Social components Environmental science |
Ethymology |
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Natural componets of environment |
●Plants, animals,soil, and water ● water, air , fertile soil ●fire,water,soil,air |
Plants animals soil water |
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Social components of environment |
●science technology ●culture ●political org ●all of the above |
Aota |
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Systematic study of our environment and our place in it |
●env. Sci ●environment ●social components ●ethymology |
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Objective of env sci |
● Help us understand how society responds to env crises and opportunities ●solve publice health issues ●improve environmental quality ●B & c |
D |
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Self sustaining ecosystems |
●Forest ●Forest and savannas ●Forest and Coral reefs ●Forest, savannas and coral reefs |
D |
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Identifying, understanding and solving problem of resource supply |
●Env sci ● Broad scope ●environment |
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Atmospheric traps heat near the earths surface |
●Hunger ●Climate change |
B |
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Caused by increased concentration of carbon dioxide and other "green house gasses" |
●climate change ●Fire ●Hunger 😂 |
A |
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Caused by Uneven distribution of food resources Degradation of agricultural lands Expensive farms technologies |
Hunger Climate change |
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Chronically undernourished |
850 million 805 million 60 million 800 million |
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Experiencing food shortages due to weather politics and war |
6 million 850 million 60 million 805 million |
C |
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Preventing wasteful resource use |
Pollution Population Reducing pollution |
C |
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Has stabilize in most industrialized countries and in some developing countries |
Population Pollution |
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Developed countries exploiting the resources of less-developed countries |
Sustainability Environmental costs of affluent lifestyle Indigenous people |
B |
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Ecological stability and human progress that can last long |
Sustainability Environmental costs of affluent lifestyle Indigenous people |
A |
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Descendants of original inhabitants of an area taken over by outsiders |
Sustainability Environmental costs of affluent lifestyle Indigenous people |
C |
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Unique language, cultures and knowledge about nature |
Sustainability Environmental costs of affluent lifestyle Indigenous people |
C |
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Careful observation of phenomena |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
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Basic patterns and progresses are uniform across time and space |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
B |
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What worked in the past will continue to work in the future |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
B |
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Ockham's razor |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
C |
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When two explanations are reasonable the simpler are inferable |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
C |
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Knowledge changes or new evidence appears |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
D |
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Explanations (theories) |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
D |
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Test and experiments should be repeatable |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
E |
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Some results must be reproduced |
Empiricism Uniformitarianism Parsimony Uncertainty Repeatability |
E |
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Science rarely provides absolute proof that a theory is correct |
Proof is elusive Testable questions Deductive reasonings Inductive reasoning |
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New evidence may always improve current explanation |
Proof is elusive Testable questions Deductive reasonings Inductive reasoning |
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A theory must be tested to be proven corect |
Proof is elusive Testable questions Deductive reasonings Inductive reasoning |
B |
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Testable statements must be formulated to test theories |
Proof is elusive Testable questions Deductive reasonings Inductive reasoning |
B |
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Deduce conclusions from general laws that are known to be true |
Proof is elusive Testable questions Deductive reasonings Inductive reasonings |
C |
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Logical reasoning from general to specific |
Proof is elusive Testable questions Deductive reasonings Inductive reasoning |
C |
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Reasoning from many observations are used to produce a general rule |
Proof is elusive Testable questions Deductive reasonings Inductive reasoning |
D |
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Orderly way to examine problems |
Scientific method Probabilty |
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Measure of how likely something is to occur |
Scientific method Probability |
B |
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Natural event are observed and causal relation bet. Var are interpetend |
Descriptive study Manipulative experiment Environmental science Environmentalism |
A |
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Conditons are deliberately altered |
Descriptive study Manipulative experiment Environmental science Environmentalism |
B |
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All variables are held constant |
Descriptive study Manipulative experiment Environmental science Environmentalism |
B |
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Use of scientific methods to study processes and systems in yhe environment in which we live |
Descriptive study Manipulative experiment Environmental science Environmentalism |
C |
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Any work aimed to influenced attitudes and policies that affect our environment |
Descriptive study Manipulative experiment Environmental science Environmentalism |
D |
