APES Flashcards

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