Ch 1 Environmental Science Question Preview (ID: 40409)


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Variable measured by investigator
a) development
b) ecosystem
c) Dependent variable
d) ecological footprint

the process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations
a) Controlled or Standard Variables
b) Control group
c) critical thinking
d) deductive reasoning

the process of reading findings with a critical eye; questioning the source of the information, considering the methods of processes that were used to obtain the information, and drawing your own conclusions
a) Controlled or Standard Variables
b) Control group
c) critical thinking
d) deductive reasoning

Condition kept the same between the experimental group(s) and the control group(s)
a) Controlled or Standard Variables
b) Control group
c) critical thinking
d) deductive reasoning

living
a) Baseline
b) biodiversity
c) biophilia
d) biotic

group used as a standard to determine efficacy of independent variable
a) Controlled or Standard Variables
b) Control group
c) critical thinking
d) deductive reasoning

A minimum or starting point used for comparision
a) Baseline
b) biodiversity
c) biophilia
d) biotic

the diversity of life forms in an environment
a) Baseline
b) biodiversity
c) biophilia
d) biotic

an appreciation for life
a) Baseline
b) biodiversity
c) biophilia
d) biotic

the average rate at which species go extinct over the long term
a) background extinction rate
b) accuracy
c) abiotic
d) anthropogenic

effects derived from human activities
a) background extinction rate
b) accuracy
c) abiotic
d) anthropogenic

nonliving
a) background extinction rate
b) accuracy
c) abiotic
d) anthropogenic

degree of closeness to actual value
a) background extinction rate
b) accuracy
c) abiotic
d) anthropogenic

improvement in human hell-being through economic advancement
a) development
b) ecosystem
c) Dependent variable
d) ecological footprint

a measure of how much that person consumes, expressed in area of land
a) development
b) ecosystem
c) Dependent variable
d) ecological footprint

a particular location on Earth whose interacting components include living or nonliving components
a) development
b) ecosystem
c) Dependent variable
d) ecological footprint

the processes by which life-supporting resources such as clean water, timber, fisheries, and agricultural crops are produced
a) environmentalism
b) environmental indicators
c) environment
d) ecosystem services

the sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life
a) environmentalism
b) environmental indicators
c) environment
d) ecosystem services

describe the current state of an environmental system
a) environmentalism
b) environmental indicators
c) environment
d) ecosystem services

a social movement that seeks to protect the environment through lobbying, activism, and education
a) environmentalism
b) environmental indicators
c) environment
d) ecosystem services

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