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17 Cards in this Set
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Hypothesis
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an educated guess
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Nonrenewable Resource
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A resource that cannot be replaced
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Natural Resource
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Resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature
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Developed Countries
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Countries with strong economies and a high quality of life
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Developing Countries
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Countries with a less productive economy and lower quality of life
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Ecology
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the study of how living things interact with each other and their environment
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Environment
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the area in which something exists or lives
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Environmental Science
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the study of how humans interact with their environment
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Population Crisis
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Situation in which a number of people grows so quickly that a region can't support them
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Pure Science
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the continuing search for scientific knowledge
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Renewable Resource
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Any natural resource that can be replenished naturally with the passage of time
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Sustainable World
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World in which human population can continue to exist forever with a high standard of living and health
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Biosphere
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the part of earth where life exists
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Applied Science
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Discovering ways to use scientific findings to accomplish practical goals
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Expirement
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to conduct a test or investigation
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Consumption Crisis
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When people use up, waste, or pollute natural resources faster than those resources can be renewed, replaced, or cleaned up
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Scientific Method
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1: Ask a question
2: research 3: form hypothesis 4: make n conduct experiment 5: gather data 6: share data |
