BIO 140 test 1 ch1 Word Scramble
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| Question | Answer |
| Environmental science | study of how the natural world works |
| environment | things that affect you |
| Renewable natural resources | are replenished over short periods like perpetually available sunlight, wind and wave energy |
| Nonrenewable natural resources | are formed much more slowly than we use them such as mineral ores and crude oil and in finite supply |
| Agricultural revolution | increases in population size =transition from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to an agricultural way of life |
| Industrial revolution | shift from rural life, animal-powered agriculture, and manufacture by craftsmen to an urban society powered fossil fuels |
| Fossil fuels | nonrenewable energy sources, such as oil, coal and natural gas |
| 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 |
| Natural sciences | disciplines that study the natural world, such as biology, geology, oceanography |
| Social sciences | sociology, history, political science, economics |
| Scientific process 1 | Observe |
| Scientific process 2 | Ask questions |
| Scientific process 3 | develop a hypothesis |
| Scientific process 4 | Make predictions |
| Scientific process 5 | Test the predictions |
| Scientific process 6 | Results |
| Theory | widely accepted explanation, has been extensively tested and proven with research |
| Ethics | The study of good and bad/right or wrong |
| Anthropocentrism | human-centered view of our relationship with the environment |
| Biocentrism | ascribes value to certain living things/ to the biotic realm |
| Ecocentrism | living and nonliving things and their affects on whole ecological systems |
| preservation | protect our environment in a pristine, unaltered state |
| conservation | manage resources wisely |
| sustainability | living within our planet's means/ensure for the future |
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