1.1 Our Island, Our Earth
1.2 The Nature of Science
1.3 The Community of Science
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| 7282046830 | all of the living and nonliving things with which an organism interacts | environment | 0 | |
| 7282046831 | the study of how the natural world works, how the environment affects humans, and how humans affect the environment | environmental science | 1 | |
| 7282046832 | a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world-and by extension, people-from the harmful changes produced by humans | environmentalism | 2 | |
| 7282046833 | any of the natural materials and energy sources provided by nature that humans need to survive | natural resource | 3 | |
| 7282046834 | a resource that is replenished, or renewed over short periods of time | renewable natural resources | 4 | |
| 7282046835 | a resource that is formed much more slowly than it is used | nonrenewable natural resources | 5 | |
| 7282046836 | able to meet the current demand for a resource without depleting the future supply | sustainable | 6 | |
| 7282046837 | a carbon-containing fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of living things | fossil fuel | 7 | |
| 7282046838 | the environmental impact of an individual or population in terms of the total amount of land and water required to provide the raw materials the individual or population consumes and to dispose of or recycle the waste the individual or population produces | ecological footprint | 8 | |
| 7282046839 | a testable idea that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question | hypothesis | 9 | |
| 7282046840 | a statement of what a scientist expects to observe if a hypothesis is true | prediction | 10 | |
| 7282046841 | a variable that is manipulated, or changed, in an experiment | independent variable | 11 | |
| 7282046842 | the variable that changes in response to the conditions set in an experiment | dependent variable | 12 | |
| 7282046843 | a study in which only one factor is manipulated, or changed | controlled study | 13 | |
| 7282046844 | information collected using scientific methods | data | 14 | |
| 7282046845 | the formal process of submitting research for examination by the scientific community | peer review | 15 | |
| 7282046846 | a well- tested explanation of observations and experimental findings | theory | 16 | |
| 7282046847 | the branch of philosophy that involves the study of good and bad and of right and wrong | ethics | 17 | |
| 7282046848 | the application of ethical standards to relationships between humans and their environment | environmental ethics | 18 | |
| 7282423177 | an ethical viewpoint in which human welfare is most important. | anthropocentrism | 19 | |
| 7282425129 | an ethical viewpoint in which all life is important | biocentrism | 20 | |
| 7282427891 | an ethical viewpoint in which all living(biotic) and non-living(abiotic) things are important | ecocentrism | 21 | |
| 7557500362 | Tragedy of the Commons | A resource is depleted when it is relatively free and open to most people. | 22 |
