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2.
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4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
BIODEGRADABLE
BIODIVERSITY
CONTROL GROUP
DEVELOPED NATION
DEVELOPING NATION
EARTH SCIENCE, PHYSICS,
CHEMISTRY, SOCIAL SCIENCES,
AND BIOLOGY
ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT
9.
ECOLOGY
10.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
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The period in history during
which plants and animals were
raised and grown by people and
human populations grew rapidly
Newspapers and human sewage
are examples of these types of
pollutants
1.
The number and variety of
species in an area
3.
In an experiment, the group
that does NOT receive the
experimental treatment
4.
A nation defined by higher
incomes, slower population
growth, diverse industrial
economies, stronger social
support.
A nation defined by lower
average incomes, simple
agriculture-based communities,
rapid population growth
The sciences that all contribute
to the field of environmental
science.
5.
An indication of the productive
area of Earth needed to
produce the resources consumed
by any one person.
A science that examines how
living things interact with each
other and with their nonliving
environment
The applied science that focuses
on the environmental effects of
human activities
8.
2.
6.
7.
9.
10.
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12.
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15.
16.
17.
18.
EXPERIMENT
EXPERIMENTAL GROUP
EXPERIMENTAL (SCIENTIFIC)
METHOD
HUNTER-GATHERER
HYPOTHESIS
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY,
POLLUTION, RESOURCE
DEPLETION
NONBIODEGRADABLE
19.
NONRENEWABLE RESOURCE
20.
OBSERVATION
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The procedure used by
scientists to test a hypothesis
11.
In an experiment, the group
that receives the experimental
treatment
12.
A series of steps used by
scientists to identify and answer
questions
13.
The period in history during
which humans lived in tribes and
used fires to maintain prairie
habitat and hunt buffalo
A testable explanation for an
observation; written in the “If…,
then…” format.
14.
The period in history during
which great technological strides
were made, but pollution first
became a significant
environmental problem
The three major categories of
environmental problems
16.
A harmful material that cannot
be broken down by natural
processes; known as a type of
pollutant
Coal, Oil, Minerals, Metals,
Natural Gas, Copper Ore,
Petroleum, Diamonds
18.
Information gathered by using
the senses
20.
15.
17.
19.
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21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
The introduction of harmful
levels of chemicals or wastes
into the environment is called
21.
QUANTITATIVE DATA
Numeric information; what may
be gathered in an experiment
22.
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
DEFINITION
A natural material that can be
replaced relatively quickly by
natural processes
23.
POLLUTION
RENEWABLE RESOURCE
EXAMPLES
Wood, Air, Water, Sun, Soil
24.
SKEPTICISM
A habit of mind of a scientist,
when they do not believe
everything they are told
25.
SUPPLY AND DEMAND
The law that states the price of
something is directly related to
the rate of its production
26.
SUSTAINABILITY
When a society can maintain a
high standard of living without
depleting available resources
27.
States the environmental
conflicts that occur when many
people in a community take
advantage of the same natural
resources in an area
28.
THE TRAGEDY OF THE
COMMONS
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