APES Friedland Ch 1

197852875	environment	The sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life
197852876	environmental science	The field of study that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature
197852877	system	Any set of interacting components that infludence one another by exchanging energy or materials
197852878	ecosystem	a partiular location on Earth distinguished by its mix of interacting biotic and abiotic components
197852879	biotic	living
197852880	abiotic	nonliving
197852881	environmentalist	A person who participates in environmentalism, a social movement that seeks to protect the environment through lobbying, activism, and education
197852882	environmental studies	The field of study that includes environmental science, environmental policy, economics, literature, and ethics among others
197852883	ecosystem services	The process by which natural environments provide life-supporting resources
197852884	environmental indicators	Something that describes the current state of an environmental system
197852885	sustainability	Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources
197852886	biodiversity	The diversity of life forms in an environment
197852887	species	A group of organisms that is distinct from other groups in its morphology, behavior, or biochemical properties
197852888	speciation	The evolution of a new species
197852889	background extinction rate	The average rate at which species become extinct over the long term
197852890	greenhouse gases	a gas in Earth's atmosphere that traps heat near the surface
197852891	anthropogenic	Derived from human activities
197852892	development	Improvement in human well-being through economic advancement
197852893	sustainable development	Development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of guture generation
197852894	biophilia	An appreciaton of life
197852895	ecological footprint	A measure of how much an individual consumes, expressed in area of land
197852896	scientific method	An objective way to explore the natural world, draw inferences for it, and predict the outcome of certain events, processes, or changes
197852897	hypothesis	A testable theory or supposition about how something works
197852898	null hypothesis	A statement or idea that can be falsified, or proven wrong
197852899	replication	The data collection procedure of taking repeated measurements
197852900	sample size	The number of times a measurement is replicated in the data collection process
197852901	accuracy	How close a measured value is to the actual or true value
197852902	precision	How close the repeated measurements of a sample are to one another
197852903	uncertainty	An estimate of how much a measured or calculated vallue differs from a true value
197852904	inductive reasoning	The process of making general statements from specific fats or examples
197852905	deductive reasoning	The process of applying a general satement to specific facts or situations
197852906	critical thinking	The process of questioning the soure of information, considering the methods used to obtain the information, and drawing conclusions; essential to all scientific endevors
197852907	theory	A hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed by multiple groups of researchers and has reached wide acceptance
197852908	control group	A set that experiences exactly the same conditions as the experimental group, except for the single variable under study
197852909	natural experiment	A natural event that acts an an experimental treatment in an ecosystem
197852910	environmental justice	A social movement and field of study that focuses on equal enforcement of environmental laws and eliminating disparities in the exposure of environmental harm to different ethnic and socioeconomic groups within a society