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Env Sci Unit 1 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anthropocentric | defining nonhuman living things using human characteristics |
| base units | the units agreed upon in SI for reporting measurements of fundamental physical quantities |
| biocentric | defining the environment using living things as the focus |
| biomagnification | the increasing concentration of chemical substances in the bodies of organisms higher up in the food chain |
| control | a standard used to compare the results of an experiment |
| conversion factor | ratio between the sizes of two standard units of measurement of the same thing |
| data | the facts that you collect from an experiement |
| DDT | a powerful pesticide now banned in the US and several other countries |
| deep ecology | a philosophy of ecological studies that entails understanding the relationship between humans and the environment |
| deforestation | clearing away large numbers of trees from a forest |
| dependent variable | the factor may change because of the change in an independent variable |
| derived unit | unit of measurement that combines fundamental units to measure a physical property |
| ecology | the scientific study of the interrelationships between living things and the environement |
| ecosophy | all the philosophical views of humans and their relationship to the environement |
| ecosystem | ecological system; an area whose physical limits are described and that is characterized by its biotic and abiotic factors. |
| environmental impact statements | legal documents that state how proposed human activities will affect the environments involved |
| environmental science | the study of the environment by scientific methods |
| hypothesis | an educated guess about the future outcome of an experiment or observation; may be framed as a detailed question or statement |
| independent variable | the factor that scientist deliberately manipulates |
| irrigation | a system of moving water to provide the resource to a certain area of land |
| local sensing | obtaining data in person at the exact location of the data |
| malaria | a disease characterized by chills and fever that is passed by the bite of an infected mosquito |
| ozone | a three-atom form of oxygen that, in a layer in the stratosphere, screens out harmful UV rays from the sun |
| remote sensing | obtaining date by using instruments at a distance from the observer to measure temperature and other properties of the earth's surface. |
| salinity | the degree of saltiness of a salt solution, especially applied to ocean water |
| SI | abbreviation for International System of Units, which is based on the metric system of measurement and is accepted worldwide by scientists |
| simulation | the act of producing conditions similar to real ones |
| variable | a factor that is unknown or can cange |
| water table | the top of the water residing in the saturated part of the crust |
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