Chapter one terms
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| Environmental science | study of how the natural world works
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| environment | things that affect you
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| Renewable natural resources | are replenished over short periods like perpetually available sunlight, wind and wave energy
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| Nonrenewable natural resources | are formed much more slowly than we use them such as mineral ores and crude oil and in finite supply
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| Agricultural revolution | increases in population size =transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to an agricultural way of life
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| Industrial revolution | shift from rural life, animal-powered agriculture, and manufacture by craftsmen to an urban society powered fossil fuels
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| Fossil fuels | nonrenewable energy sources, such as oil, coal and natural gas
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| Ecological footprint | expresses environmental impact of an individual/population in terms of the cumulative amount of biologically productive land and water required to provide the raw materials the person/population consumes to dispose of or recycle the waste they produce
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| Natural sciences | disciplines that study the natural world, such as biology, geology, oceanography
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| Social sciences | sociology, history, political science, economics
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| Scientific process 1 | Observe
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| Scientific process 2 | Ask questions
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| Scientific process 3 | develop a hypothesis
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| Scientific process 4 | Make predictions
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| Scientific process 5 | Test the predictions
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| Scientific process 6 | Results
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| Theory | widely accepted explanation, has been extensively tested and proven with research
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| Ethics | The study of good and bad/right or wrong
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| Anthropocentrism | human-centered view of our relationship with the environment
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| Biocentrism | ascribes value to certain living things/ to the biotic realm
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| Ecocentrism | living and nonliving things and their affects on whole ecological systems
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| preservation | protect our environment in a pristine, unaltered state
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| conservation | manage resources wisely
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| sustainability | living within our planet's means/ensure for the future
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