APES Week 01 Vocabulary Flashcards

4850519405	Scientific Method	An objective method to explore the natural world, draw inferences from it, and predict the outcome of certain events, processes, or changes.	0
4850519406	Hypothesis	A testable theory or supposition about how something works.	1
4850519407	Null Hypothesis	A statement or idea that can be falsified, or proved wrong.	2
4850519408	Replication	The data collection procedure of taking repeated measurements	3
4850519409	Sample Size	The number of times a measurement is replicated in the data collection process.	4
4850519410	Accuracy	How close a measured value is to the actual or true value.	5
4850519411	Precision	How close the repeated measurements of a sample are to one another.	6
4850519412	Uncertainty	An estimate of how much a measured or calculated value differs from a true value.	7
4850519413	Theory	A hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed by multiple groups of researchers and has reached wide acceptance.	8
4850519414	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.	9
4850519415	Natural Experiment	A natural event that acts as an experimental treatment in an ecosystem.	10
4850519416	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 harms to different ethnic and socioeconomic groups within a society.	11
4850519417	Fracking	A method of oil and gas extraction that uses high-pressure fluids to force open cracks in rocks deep underground.	12
4850519418	Environment	The sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life.	13
4850519419	Environmental Science	The field of study that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature.	14
4850519420	Ecosystem	A particular location on Earth distinguished by its mix of interacting biotic and abiotic components.	15
4850519421	Biotic	Living	16
4850519422	Abiotic	Nonliving	17
4850519423	Environmentalist	A person who participates in environmentalism, a social movement that seeks to protect the environment through lobbying, activism, and education.	18
4850519424	Environmental studies	The field of study that includes environmental science, environmental policy, economics, literature, and ethics, among others.	19
4850519425	Ecosystem Services	The process by which natural environments provide life-supporting resources.	20
4850519426	Environmental indicators	An indicator that describes the current state of an environmental system.	21
4850519427	Biodiversity	The diversity of life forms in an environment.	22
4850519428	Genetic Diversity	A measure of the genetic vatiation among individuals in a population.	23
4850519429	Species	A group of organizms that is distinct from other groups in its mophology (body form and structure), behavior, or biochemical properties.	24
4850519430	Species Diversity	The number of species in a region or in a particular type of habitat.	25
4850519431	Speciation	The evolution of new species.	26
4850519432	Background Extinction Rate	The average rate at which species become extinct over the long term.	27
4850519433	Greenhouse Gases	A gas in Earth's atmosphere that traps heat near the surface.	28
4850519434	Anthropogenic	Derived from human activities	29
4850519435	Development	Improvement in human well-being through economic advancement.	30
4850519436	Sustainability	Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources.	31
4850519437	Sustainable Development	Development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations.	32
4850519438	Ecological Footprint	A measure of how much an individual consumes, expressed in area of land.	33