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Chapter 2

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