| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Environmental term origins | French (environner – "to surround") |
| Biotic factors | Living Matter |
| Abiotic factors | Non Living Matter |
| Examination of how the natural world works, how our environment affects us, how we affect environment – | Environmental Science |
| Non renewable energy sources | Fossil Fuels |
| Replenished and virtually unlimited resources | Renewable Natural Resources |
| Renewable natural resources: | 1. Sunlight 2. Wind Energy 3. Wave energy 4. Geothermal energy 5. Agricultural crops 6. Fresh water 7. Forest products 8. Soils |
| Non Renewable Natural Resources | 1. Crude Oil 2. Natural Gas 3. Coal 4.Copper, aluminum, and other metals |
| Change from hunter gatherer lifestyle to an agricultural way of life: | Agricultural Revolution |
| Shift from rural life, animal powered agriculture, and manufacturing by craftsmen, to an urban society (late 1700th): | Industrial Revolution |
| Ecological Footprint | Environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the cumulative amount of land and water required to provide the raw materials the person or population consumes and to dispose of or recycle the waste the person or population produces. |
| Latin prefix of "science": | Latin 'scire' – meaning to know |
| Advances in science begin with… | Observation |
| Curiosity leads naturally to… | Ask Questions |
| Scientists use hypothesis to… | General Predictions |
| Designed to test validity of hypothesis | Experiment |
| Conditions that change | Variables |
| Unaffected variable tends to become… | Control |
| If scientist controls all the variables except the one whose effect he or she is testing… | Controlled Experiment |
| Scientists tend to record… | Data |
| Essential part of scientific process.. | Peer Review |
| Widely accepted, well tested explanation of one or more cause and effect relationships that has been extensively validated by a great amount of research… | Theory |
