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Env. Science
Chapter 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Environmental Science | a branch of Biology which is focused on the study or the relationships of the natural world and their environment |
| System | A set of connected things |
| Environmentalist | a person who is concerned with or advocates for the protection of the environment |
| ecosystem | a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment |
| Environmental Studies | is a multi-disciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment |
| ecosystem services | are regularly involved in the provisioning of clean drinking water and the decomposition of wastes. |
| environmental indicators | states or describes the environments |
| sustainable | able to be maintained |
| biodiversity | a variety of life in the world in a particular habitat or ecosystem |
| species | a group of organisms consisting of similar indicators capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding |
| specification | an act of describing or identifying something precisely or of stating a precise requirement |
| background extinction rate | refers to the standard rate of extinction in the earth's geological and biological history before humans became a primary contributor to extinctions |
| greenhouse gases | a gas that contributes to to the greenhouse effect |
| anthropogenic | chiefly of environmental pollution (and pollutant 5 ) originating in human activity |
| development | the process of developing or being developed |
| sustainable development | economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources |
| biophilia | the biophilia hypothesis suggests that human possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life |
| ecological footprint | the impact the impact of a person or community on the environment |
| Null hypotesis | the hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations |
| replication | the action of reproducing something |
| sample size | the act of choosing the number of observations or replicates to include in a statistical sample |
| accuracy | correct or precise |
| precision | exact or accurate |
| inductive reasoning | is a logical process in which multiple premises all believed true or found true most of the time. |
| deductive reasoning | in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true |
| critical thinking | the objective analysis and evaluation or an issue |
| theory | a supposition or system of ideas |
| natural law | a body of unchanging moral principles |
| control group | group in an experiment or study |
| environmental justice | fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race |
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