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BIO105@RioSalado
Environmental Biology Online
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Environment | The sum total of our surroundings, including all of the living things and nonliving things with which we interact.It includes our built environments and social relationships. |
| Steps of the scientific method | Observations, Questions, Hypothesis, Predictions, Test, Results. |
| Distinguish between a hypothesis and a theory | A hypothesis is a statement that must be tested whereas a theory is an explaintion that has been tested and accepted to be possible. |
| Hypothesis | A hypothesis is a statement that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question. |
| Theory | A theory is a widely accepted, well-tested explaination of one or more cause-and-effect relationships that has been extensivly validated by a great amount of research. |
| Describe an experiment, which incorporates all of the steps of the scientific method | |
| Describe several current environmental problems | 1)Our combustion of fossil fuels and deforestation have increased carbon dioxide concentrations cause temperatures to rise. 2)Agricultural use of chemical fertilizers and pesticide poisons organisms and alters natural systems. |