Environmental Science Concepts

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What does the environment contain?

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Both living and nonliving things

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What are natural resources?

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Coal, Sunlight, Timber

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What is the branch of biology that deals with ethics?

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Ethics

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What is the variable that science manipulates in an experiment?

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Independent variable

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What are examples of nonrenewable resources?

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Oil, Coal, Natural gas

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What is peer review?

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A process where researchers submit their work to experts in the field to increase accountability.

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What does an ecological footprint express?

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The environmental effects of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required to provide the raw materials consumed and to dispose of or recycle the waste.

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What is sustainability?

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Using resources at a rate that can continue for the foreseeable future.

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What are controlled studies?

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Studies in which all variables are controlled except one.

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What is the primary difference between a theory and a hypothesis?

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A hypothesis is a possible explanation for an observation; a theory is broader than a hypothesis, dealing with a wider range of situations and observations.