EVS Chapter 1 Vocab

Environment

• the application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment
• all the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts
• The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested.
• a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world

Environmental Science

• situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community
• The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested.
• all the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts
• the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment

Environmentalism

• the application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment
• a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world
• A resource that is replenished, or renewed over a short period of time
• The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.

Renewable Resource

• all the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts
• able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply
• situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community
• A resource that is replenished, or renewed over a short period of time

Nonrenewable Resource

• the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment
• a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world
• A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
• a resource that is formed much more slowly than it is used

Tragedy of the Commons

• all the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts
• well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
• The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested.
• situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community

Sustainable

• the application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment
• A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
• all the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts
• able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply

Hypothesis

• all the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts
• well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
• the application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment
• A testable prediction, often implied by a theory

Independent Variable (IV)

• The experimental factor that is manipulated; the variable whose effect is being studied.
• well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
• The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested.
• situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community

Dependent Variable (DV)

• a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world
• The measurable effect, outcome, or response in which the research is interested.
• well-tested explanation that unifies a broad range of observations
• situation in which people acting individually and in their own interest use up commonly available but limited resources, creating disaster for the entire community