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BIO 140 test 1 ch1
Chapter one terms
Question | Answer |
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Environmental science | study of how the natural world works |
environment | things that affect you |
Renewable natural resources | are replenished over short periods like perpetually available sunlight, wind and wave energy |
Nonrenewable natural resources | are formed much more slowly than we use them such as mineral ores and crude oil and in finite supply |
Agricultural revolution | increases in population size =transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to an agricultural way of life |
Industrial revolution | shift from rural life, animal-powered agriculture, and manufacture by craftsmen to an urban society powered fossil fuels |
Fossil fuels | nonrenewable energy sources, such as oil, coal and natural gas |
Ecological footprint | expresses environmental impact of an individual/population in terms of the cumulative amount of biologically productive land and water required to provide the raw materials the person/population consumes to dispose of or recycle the waste they produce |
Natural sciences | disciplines that study the natural world, such as biology, geology, oceanography |
Social sciences | sociology, history, political science, economics |
Scientific process 1 | Observe |
Scientific process 2 | Ask questions |
Scientific process 3 | develop a hypothesis |
Scientific process 4 | Make predictions |
Scientific process 5 | Test the predictions |
Scientific process 6 | Results |
Theory | widely accepted explanation, has been extensively tested and proven with research |
Ethics | The study of good and bad/right or wrong |
Anthropocentrism | human-centered view of our relationship with the environment |
Biocentrism | ascribes value to certain living things/ to the biotic realm |
Ecocentrism | living and nonliving things and their affects on whole ecological systems |
preservation | protect our environment in a pristine, unaltered state |
conservation | manage resources wisely |
sustainability | living within our planet's means/ensure for the future |