Environmental Science - Unit 1 Vocabulary Practice

Group in an experiment that receives no treatment.

• Control
• Constant

• Experimental group

• Hypothesis

The total amount of land and water required to support an individual person.

• Ecological footprint

• Sustainability

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A testable guess or prediction that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question.

• Hypothesis
• Theory

• Inference

• Law

Social movement dedicated to activism and protecting the natural world.

• Environmentalism

• Environmental science

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A condition in an experiment that is manipulated or changed by the scientist.

• Independent variable

• Dependent variable

• Constant

• Control

10,000 years ago, humans began domesticating plants and animals, living in villages, living longer, and having more surviving children.

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

Ensemble of knowledge, beliefs, values, and learned ways of life shared by a group of people.

• Culture
• Ethics

• Worldview

• Science

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NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Objective, unbiased pursuit of knowledge about the workings of the environment and our interactions with it.

• Environmentalism

• Environmental science

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-5

An explanation for natural phenomena supported by many observations, experiments, and large amounts of evidence and data.

• Theory
• Law

• Hypothesis

• Belief

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Increased human advances during the 1700's-1800's driven by fossil fuels and technological advances.

• Agricultural Revolution

• Industrial Revolution

• Computer Revolution

• Dark Ages

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3