APES Ch01 Vocab Flashcards
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| 7100812507 | Environment | The sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life. | 0 | |
| 7100812508 | Environmental Science | The field of study that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature. | 1 | |
| 7100812509 | System | Any set of interacting components that influence one another by exchanging energy or materials. | 2 | |
| 7100812510 | Ecosystem | A particular location on Earth distinguished by its mix of interacting biotic and abiotic components. | 3 | |
| 7100812511 | Biotic | Living. | 4 | |
| 7100812512 | Abiotic | Nonliving. | 5 | |
| 7100812513 | Environmentalist | A person who participates in environmentalism, a social movement that seeks to protect the environment through lobbying, activism, and education. | 6 | |
| 7100812514 | Environmental Studies | The field of study that includes environmental science, environmental policy, economics, literature, and ethics, among others. | 7 | |
| 7100812515 | Ecosystem Services | The process by which natural environments provide life-supporting resources. | 8 | |
| 7100812516 | Environmental Indicators | An indicator that describes the current state of an environmental system. | 9 | |
| 7100812517 | Sustainability | Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources. | 10 | |
| 7100812518 | Biodiversity | The diversity of life forms in an environment. | 11 | |
| 7100812519 | Speciation | The evolution of new species. | 12 | |
| 7100812520 | Background Extinction Rate | The average rate at which species become extinct over the long term. | 13 | |
| 7100812521 | Greenhouse Gases | A gas in Earth's atmosphere that traps heat near the surface. | 14 | |
| 7100812522 | Anthropogenic | Derived from human activities | 15 | |
| 7100812523 | Development | Improvement in human well-being through economic advancement. | 16 | |
| 7100812524 | Sustainable Development | Development that balances current human well-being and economic advancement with resource management for the benefit of future generations. | 17 | |
| 7100812525 | Biophilia | An appreciation for life. | 18 | |
| 7100812526 | Ecological Footprint | A measure of how much an individual consumes, expressed in area of land. | 19 | |
| 7100812527 | Scientific Method | An objective method to explore the natural world, draw inferences from it, and predict the outcome of certain events, processes, or changes. | 20 | |
| 7100812528 | Hypothesis | A testable theory or supposition about how something works. | 21 | |
| 7100812529 | Null Hypothesis | A statement or idea that can be falsified, or proved wrong. | 22 | |
| 7100812530 | Replication | The data collection procedure of taking repeated measurements | 23 | |
| 7100812531 | Sample Size | The number of times a measurement is replicated in the data collection process. | 24 | |
| 7100812532 | Accuracy | How close a measured value is to the actual or true value. | 25 | |
| 7100812533 | Precision | How close the repeated measurements of a sample are to one another. | 26 | |
| 7100812534 | Uncertainty | An estimate of how much a measured or calculated value differs from a true value. | 27 | |
| 7100812535 | Inductive Reasoning | The process of making general statements from specific facts or examples. | 28 | |
| 7100812536 | Deductive Reasoning | The process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations. | 29 | |
| 7100812537 | Critical Thinking | The process of questioning the source of information, considering the methods used to obtain the information, and drawing conclusions; essential to all scientific endeavor. | 30 | |
| 7100812538 | Theory | A hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed by multiple groups of researchers and has reached wide acceptance. | 31 | |
| 7100812539 | Natural Law | A theory for which there is no known exception and that has withstood rigorous testing. | 32 | |
| 7100812540 | 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. | 33 | |
| 7100812541 | Natural Experiment | A natural event that acts as an experimental treatment in an ecosystem. | 34 | |
| 7100812542 | 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. | 35 | |
| 7100812543 | Fracking | The process of drilling down into the earth before a high-pressure water mixture is directed at the rock to release the gas inside. | 36 |