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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |