APES Chapter 1 vocabulary Flashcards
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| 6486951562 | environment | the sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life. | 0 | |
| 6486951563 | environmental science | the field that looks at interaction among human systems and those found in nature | 1 | |
| 6486951564 | ecosystem services | the processes by which life-supporting resources such as clean water, timber, fisheries, and agricultural crops are produced. | 2 | |
| 6486951565 | environmental indicators | describe the current state of an environmental system. do not always tell us what is causing a change, but tell us when to look more deeply into a problem | 3 | |
| 6486951566 | genetic | relating to genes or heredity. | 4 | |
| 6486951567 | species | a group of organisms that is distinct from other groups in its morphology, behavior, or biochemical properties | 5 | |
| 6486951568 | ecosystem diversity | a measure of the diversity of ecosystems or habitats that exist in a given region. | 6 | |
| 6486951569 | genetic diversity | a measure of the diversity of ecosystems or habitats that exist in a given region. | 7 | |
| 6486951570 | species diversity | the number of species in a region or in a particular type of habitat | 8 | |
| 6486951571 | speciation | the evolution of new species. usually happens slowly | 9 | |
| 6486951572 | background extinction rate | the average rate at which species go extinct over the long term | 10 | |
| 6486951573 | hectare | a measure of land area, abbreviated by "ha"., that represents an area that is 100 meters by 100 meters. | 11 | |
| 6486951574 | per capita | per person | 12 | |
| 6486951575 | anthropogenic | derived from human activities | 13 | |
| 6486951576 | sustainable development | development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations. | 14 | |
| 6486951577 | Biophillia | love of life- which is a need to make "the connections that humans subconsciously seek with the rest of life. | 15 | |
| 6486951578 | ecological footprint | a measure of how much an individual consumes, expressed in area of land. | 16 | |
| 6486951579 | null hypothesis | a statement or idea that can be falsified or proved wrong | 17 | |
| 6486951580 | accuracy | how close a measured value is to the actual or true value | 18 | |
| 6486951581 | precision | how close to one another the repeated measurements of the same sample are | 19 | |
| 6486951582 | uncertainty | an estimate of how much a measured or calculated value differs from a true value | 20 | |
| 6486951583 | inductive reasoning | the process of making general statements from specific facts or examples | 21 | |
| 6486951584 | deductive reasoning | the process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations | 22 | |
| 6486951585 | theory | a hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed by multiple groups of researchers and has reached wide acceptance | 23 | |
| 6486951586 | natural experiment | occurs when a natural event acts as an experimental treatment in an ecosystem | 24 | |
| 6486951587 | environmentalism | concern about and action aimed at protecting the environment | 25 |