5080126068 | Fracking | Method of oil and gas extraction that uses high pressure fluids to force open existing | 0 | |
5080126069 | Environment | Sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life | 1 | |
5080126070 | Environmental science | Field of study that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature | 2 | |
5080126071 | Ecosystem | Particular location on Earth with interacting components including biotic and abiotic components | 3 | |
5080126072 | Biotic | Living components of the environment | 4 | |
5080126073 | Abiotic | Nonliving components of the environment | 5 | |
5080126074 | Environmentalist | Person who participates in environmentalism(social movement that seeks to protect the environment) | 6 | |
5265339900 | Environmental studies | Environmental policy,economics,literature,ethics,includes environmental science | 7 | |
5265339901 | Ecosystem Services | Provisioning, regulating, supporting , crop pollination | 8 | |
5265339902 | Environmental indicators | Describe current state of an environmental system | 9 | |
5276496500 | Biodiversity | Diversity of life formed in an environment | 10 | |
5276496501 | Genetic diversity | Measure of genetic variation among individuals in a population | 11 | |
5276496502 | Species | Group of organisms that is distinct from other groups in form, behavior, biochemical properties, can breed with one another | 12 | |
5276496503 | Species diversity | Number of species in a region or particular habitat | 13 | |
5276496504 | Speciation | Evolution of new species | 14 | |
5276496505 | Background extinction rate | Average rate at which species become extinct over long term | 15 | |
5276496506 | Greenhouse gases | Gases in earths atmosphere that trap heat near the surface | 16 | |
5276496507 | Anthropogenic | Derived from human activities | 17 | |
5276496508 | Development | Improvement in human WELL being through economic advancement | 18 | |
5276680075 | Sustainability | Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources w/o depriving future generations of those resources | 19 | |
5276680076 | Sustainable development | Balances current human WELL being and economic advancement w/resource management for benefit of future generations | 20 | |
5276680077 | Biophilia | Love of life | 21 | |
5276680078 | Ecological footprint | Measure of how much a person consumes expressed in area of land | 22 | |
5276680079 | Scientific method | Objective method to explore the natural world, draw inferences from it, and predict the outcomes of certain events, processes or changes | 23 | |
5276680080 | Hypothesis | Testable conjecture of how something works | 24 | |
5276680081 | Null hypothesis | Prediction that there is no difference between groups or conditions, statements or idea that can be falsified | 25 | |
5276680082 | Replication | Data collection procedure of taking repeated measurements | 26 |
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