All the living things and nonliving things with which organisms interact.

Environmental science

The study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.

A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world and by extension, people from undesirable changes brought about by human actions.

Materials, and energy sources found in nature, that humans need to survive.

Renewable natural resources

Some natural resources, such as fruits and grains, are naturally replenished, or renewed, over short periods.

Nonrenewable natural resources

In contrast, resources such as coal and oil.

If it can continue at the same rate into the foreseeable future.

Nonrenewable energy resources, such as oil, coal, and natural gas.

Expresses the environmental effect of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required: (1) to provide the raw materials the individual or population consumes and (2) to dispose of or recycle the waste the individual or

A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question.

Specific statements about what we would expect to observe if the hypotheses are true.

A scientist could test this prediction by selecting two similar ponds and adding fertilizer to one while leaving the other in its natural state.

A variable the scientist manipulates, whereas the quantity of algae.

Which all variables are controlled except one, allow scientists to be more confident that any different observed were cause by the factor they are investigating.

information from their studies.

A more formal way for the researcher to get comments and criticism from the scientific community.

Broader explanations the apply to wider range of situations and observations.

A branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior: good and bad, right and wrong.

The application of ethical standers to relationships between humans and their environment.

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Chapter 1 vocab

Term	Definition
Environment	All the living things and nonliving things with which organisms interact.
Environmental science	The study of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, and how we affect our environment.
Environmentalism	A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world and by extension, people from undesirable changes brought about by human actions.
Natural resources	Materials, and energy sources found in nature, that humans need to survive.
Renewable natural resources	Some natural resources, such as fruits and grains, are naturally replenished, or renewed, over short periods.
Nonrenewable natural resources	In contrast, resources such as coal and oil.
Sustainable	If it can continue at the same rate into the foreseeable future.
Fossil fuels	Nonrenewable energy resources, such as oil, coal, and natural gas.
Ecological footprint	Expresses the environmental effect of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required: (1) to provide the raw materials the individual or population consumes and (2) to dispose of or recycle the waste the individual or
Hypothesis	A testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question.
Predictions	Specific statements about what we would expect to observe if the hypotheses are true.
Independent variable	A scientist could test this prediction by selecting two similar ponds and adding fertilizer to one while leaving the other in its natural state.
Dependent variable	A variable the scientist manipulates, whereas the quantity of algae.
Controlled studies	Which all variables are controlled except one, allow scientists to be more confident that any different observed were cause by the factor they are investigating.
Data	information from their studies.
Peer review	A more formal way for the researcher to get comments and criticism from the scientific community.
Theories	Broader explanations the apply to wider range of situations and observations.
Ethics	A branch of philosophy that involves the study of behavior: good and bad, right and wrong.
Environmental ethics	The application of ethical standers to relationships between humans and their environment.

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