Chapter 1 Friedland Flashcards
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| 2787051090 | environment | the sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life | 0 | |
| 2787051325 | environmental science | the field of stud that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature | 1 | |
| 2787052038 | ecosystem | a particular location on Earth with interacting biotic and abiotic components | 2 | |
| 2787052490 | biotic | living (Example: tree, llama, daisy) | 3 | |
| 2787053448 | abiotic | nonliving (Example: rock) | 4 | |
| 2787054077 | environmentalist | a person who participates in environmentalism, a social movement that seeks to protect the environment through lobbying, activism, and education | 5 | |
| 2787056064 | environmental studies | field of study that includes environmental science and additional subjects such as environmental policy, economics, literature, and ethics | 6 | |
| 2787059323 | ecosystem services | process by which life-supporting resources such as clean water, timber, fisheries, and agricultural crops are produced | 7 | |
| 2787060368 | environmental indicator | an indicator that describes the current state of an environmental system | 8 | |
| 2787060700 | biodiversity | (aka- biological diversity) is the diversity of life forms in an environment & has 3 scales (ecosystem/species/genetic) | 9 | |
| 2787063141 | genetic diversity | measure of the genetic variation among individuals in a population | 10 | |
| 2787063434 | species | group of organisms that is distinct from other groups in its morphology (body form & structure), behavior, or biochemical properties | 11 | |
| 2787064906 | species diversity | number of species in a region or in a particular type of habitat | 12 | |
| 2787065217 | speciation | evolution of a new species | 13 | |
| 2787065690 | background extinction rate | average rate at which species become extinct over the long term | 14 | |
| 2787066867 | per capita | per preson | 15 | |
| 2787067350 | greenhouse gasses (ghg) | gases in Earth's atmosphere that trap heat near the surface | 16 | |
| 2787067748 | List the 3 main ghg | Co2, CH4, H2O(g) | 17 | |
| 2787068569 | methane | CH4 | 18 | |
| 2787068872 | anthropogenic | derived from human activities | 19 | |
| 2787069363 | world human population is currently at __ | 7.2 billion | 20 | |
| 2787069693 | development | improvement in human well-being through economic advancement | 21 | |
| 2787069995 | sustainability | living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources | 22 | |
| 2787070940 | sustainable development | balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations | 23 | |
| 2787072314 | biophilia | love of life (awwww....) | 24 | |
| 2787072666 | ecological footprint | a measure of how much an individual consumes, expressed in area of land | 25 | |
| 2787073221 | scientific method | an objective method to explore the natural world, draw inferences from it, and predict the outcome of certain events, processes, or changes | 26 | |
| 2787074115 | hypothesis | a testable conjecture about how something works | 27 | |
| 2787074420 | null hypothesis | a prediction that there is no difference between groups or conditions, or a statement or an idea that can be falsified, or proved wrong. | 28 | |
| 2787075011 | replication | data collection procedure of taking repeated measurements | 29 | |
| 2787075601 | sample size (n) | number of times a measurement is replicated in data collection | 30 | |
| 2787075834 | accuracy | how close a measured value is to the actual of true value | 31 | |
| 2787076196 | precision | how close the repeated measurements of a sample are to one another | 32 | |
| 2787077482 | uncertainty | an estimate of how much a measured or calculated value differs from a true value | 33 | |
| 2787078016 | theory | hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed by multiple groups of researchers and has reached wide acceptance | 34 | |
| 2787079492 | control group | in a scientific investigation, a group that experiences exactly the same conditions as the experimental group, except for the single variable under study | 35 | |
| 2787080606 | natural experiment | a natural event that acts as an experimental treatment in an ecosystem | 36 | |
| 2787081441 | EPA | Environmental Protection Agency | 37 | |
| 2787082245 | fracking (hydraulic fracturing) | a method of oil and gas extraction that uses high-pressure fluids to force open cracks in rocks beep underground | 38 |