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Environmental Science

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Coal, Oil, and Gas Notes

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energy
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COAL, OIL, & GAS Stats from Geohive: US total energy consumption ? ranked 1st worldwide US oil consumption ? ranked 1st worldwide US coal consumption ? ranked 2nd worldwide (behind China) US natural gas consumption ? ranked 1st worldwide I. Oil (15-6) Most important fossil fuel in US economy: used mostly for transportation A. Petroleum or crude oil (oil as comes out of ground) 1.Produced by decomposition of deeply buried dead organic matter from plants and animals under high temperatures and pressures over millions of years 2.Consists mainly of hydrocarbons, with small amounts of sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen impurities 3.Often trapped with natural gas 4.In pores and cracks in rocks, if enough pressure create a gusher when drill B. Oil recovery

The Search for Extraterrestrial life

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Astronomy
SETI
space
Exoplanetology
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Search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Wow! signal
Planetary habitability
Jerry R. Ehman
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Life Rafael Almanzar We will talk about the steps being taken currently to find life outside of our solar system. 1 Three Steps Search for Exoplanets SETI Space Rover Official message from white house website. 2 Search for Exoplanets Radial Velocity or Doppler Method Transit Method Transit Timing Variation (TTV) Doppler Method: As a planet orbits a star, the star also moves in its own small orbit around the system's center of mass. Variations in the star's radial velocity?? that is, the speed with which it moves towards or away from Earth?? can be detected from displacements in the star's spectral lines due to the Doppler effect.

State of Fear

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climate change
Environment
global warming
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State of Fear
Michael Crichton
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
James Hansen
Global warming controversy
The Great Global Warming Swindle

Presentation by Aaron Maisto and John Hall The Novel: State of Fear A science fiction thriller. Involves an eco-terrorist plot to keep the public in a ?state of fear? regarding global warming, which involves both subtle manipulation of data and more diabolical schemes such as creating artificial tsunamis. Although much of the book is clearly fictional, it does include data and observations from real scientists. Critiques and Commentary The novel received strong criticism from leading climate scientists, science journalists, and environmental groups for inaccuracies and misleading information. Sixteen of 18 top U.S. climate scientists interviewed by Knight Ridder said that the Harvard-trained author is bending scientific data and distorting research.

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Research the meaning of null hypothesis. Describe how and why it is used in experimental design. Properly cite your reference. In statistical inference of observed data of a scientific experiment, the null hypothesis refers to a general or default position: that there is no relationship between two measured phenomena,[1] or that a potential medical treatment has no effect.[2] Rejecting or disproving the null hypothesis ? and thus concluding that there are grounds for believing that there is a relationship between two phenomena or that a potential treatment has a measurable effect ? is a central task in the modern practice of science, and gives a precise sense in which a claim is capable of being proven false.

A.P Environmental Science Chapter 2

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environmental science chapter 2

Chapter Two What is science? Science: ? is a methodical, logical process for producing knowledge about natural phenomena ? a cumulative body of knowledge ----- Table 2.1 : Basic Principles of Science (7) Science depends on skepticism and accuracy ? Ideally scientists are skeptical and un biased. ? Scientist strive for ? Accuracy- correctness of measurement ? Reproducibility- Repeatability of result : Repeating studies or tests is called replication Deductive and inductive reasoning ? Deductive reasoning- logical reasoning from general to specific ? Inductive reasoning- reasoning from many observations to produce a general rule ? It is also important to recognize the role of insight, creativity, aesthetics, and luck in research

A.P Environmental Science

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Environment
Environmental social science
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Environmental ethics
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Environmental governance
Environmental history

Chapter One Introduction Humans have always inhabited both the natural world and the social world. Environment: ( 2 definitions ) 1. Circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or groups of organisms 2. the complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an individual or community Environmental Science: Systematic study of our environment and our proper place in it ? interdisciplinary ? Integrative ? natural science ? social science ? humanities ? mission oriented Knowledge which contributes to the understanding of environmental science: text book picture pg. 14 figure 1.2 Current Conditions: Human population > 6.5 Billion ? Water: water quantity and quality issues may be the mist critical issues in the 21st century ?

science weekly

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University of Pennsylvania
J. Presper Eckert
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ENIAC
John Mauchly
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Geologist

Julia Vara 11\17\11 Period 8 Science Daily?Week 12 52. What do we call the study of solar system and the objects in it? A. Astrology, B. Astronomy, C. Meteorology Astronomy. Our solar system is located in the Milky Way Galaxy, a collection of 200 billion stars http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/ 53. Which scientist would study rocks and minerals? A. Geologist, B. Botanist, C. Meteorologist Geology is the study of rocks and geologists are the people who study them! There are many different types of geologists. Mineralogists, Petrologist, Stratigrapher, Stratigraphers and more. http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/geology/geopeople_intro.html 54. Which of the following is NOT a branch of biology? A. Botany, B. Zoology, C. Seismology

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