Term | Definition |
Environmental Science | a branch of Biology which is focused on the study or the relationships of the natural world and their environment |
System | A set of connected things |
Environmentalist | a person who is concerned with or advocates for the protection of the environment |
ecosystem | a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment |
Environmental Studies | is a multi-disciplinary academic field which systematically studies human interaction with the environment |
ecosystem services | are regularly involved in the provisioning of clean drinking water and the decomposition of wastes. |
environmental indicators | states or describes the environments |
sustainable | able to be maintained |
biodiversity | a variety of life in the world in a particular habitat or ecosystem |
species | a group of organisms consisting of similar indicators capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding |
specification | an act of describing or identifying something precisely or of stating a precise requirement |
background extinction rate | refers to the standard rate of extinction in the earth's geological and biological history before humans became a primary contributor to extinctions |
greenhouse gases | a gas that contributes to to the greenhouse effect |
anthropogenic | chiefly of environmental pollution (and pollutant 5 ) originating in human activity |
development | the process of developing or being developed |
sustainable development | economic development that is conducted without depletion of natural resources |
biophilia | the biophilia hypothesis suggests that human possess an innate tendency to seek connections with nature and other forms of life |
ecological footprint | the impact the impact of a person or community on the environment |
Null hypotesis | the hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations |
replication | the action of reproducing something |
sample size | the act of choosing the number of observations or replicates to include in a statistical sample |
accuracy | correct or precise |
precision | exact or accurate |
inductive reasoning | is a logical process in which multiple premises all believed true or found true most of the time. |
deductive reasoning | in which a conclusion is based on the concordance of multiple premises that are generally assumed to be true |
critical thinking | the objective analysis and evaluation or an issue |
theory | a supposition or system of ideas |
natural law | a body of unchanging moral principles |
control group | group in an experiment or study |
environmental justice | fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race |