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envs philosophy

philosophy and scholarship unit review - envs exam 1

TermDefinition
anthropocene epoch of time from when humans began having a significant effect on Earth, including climate change
experimental study involves manipulation of variables
climate change warming of earth's atmosphere due to human-caused greenhouse gas emissions
falsification hypotheses must be able to be proven wrong
development increased growth of human society demographically, technologically, and physically
hypothesis a prediction about scientific phenomena
ecosystem biotic and abiotic factors working together in the physical envivornment, involves nutrient and energy cycling
observational study gather data on what is observed
environment where everything lives
scientific method process by which we explain observed phenomena - research, hypothesis, experiment, analysis, communication
epistemology branch of philosophy which asks how we know what we know - TOK
ethics branch of philosophy which deals with morality, right and wrong - metrics of value
bad science science done poorly
anti science rejection of science and the scientific method
greenwashing advertising or PR moves which make a company look environmentally friendly when they actually aren't
bias giving disproportionate weight to something
incentives reward to alter behavior
disinformation false information deliberately spread to mislead people
philosophy study of questions of existence, reason, knowledge, etc
fraud deception for unfair or illegal gain
resilience ecologically - ability to absorb damage w/o suffering
misinformation incorrect or misleading information - not deliberately spread
rhetoric persuasion
pseudoscience statements, beliefs, or practices which claim to be scientific and fact-based but are actually false or don't align with the scientific method, usually heavily biased
sustainability ability for both us and the earth to survive long-term
3 E's environment, economics, equity
Created by: mcarson29
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