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Question | Answer |
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a resident of what country is more likely to have a larger ecological footprint | USA |
most of todays enviromental problems started in which period of human history | industrial revolution |
biodiversity refers to | number and variety of species living on earth |
sunlight, air, forests, and water are all | renewable resources |
the harmful introduction of harmful levels of chemicals or wastes into the enviroment | pollution |
residents of what kind of countries make up 80% of the population | developed |
residents of what kind of countries consume 90% of the worlds resources | developed |
this science focuses on the enviromental effects of human activities | enviromental science |
a natural material that can be replaced quickly by natural proccesses | renewable |
great technological strides were made in this period | industrial revolution |
not beleiving everything your told | skeptisism |
an observation that could happen in the future | theory |
numeric information gathered during an experiement | data |
principles and standards we consider important | values |
the chance that an event will happen | probability |
the group of individuals used to represent the population | control |
includes maps and charts | graphic model |
a flow chart | conceptual model |
information gathered by using the senses | observation |
procedure used to test a hypothesis | experiment |
the ricter scale is used to measure what | earthquakes |
earths thin outer layer is the | crust |
the removal and transportation of surface material by wind and water | erosion |
a earthquake is movement along a what | fault |
in large volcanic eruptions ash and gases and enter the atmosphere and reduce | sunlight |
small streams and rivers that flow into larger ones are called | |
deep currents flow along the | ocean floor |
earth is what type of system | closed |
what peices compose the lithosphere | tectonic plates |
a volcano is a mountain built from | magma |