Environmental Science Ch. 1 & 2-Dr. J

Which of the following options is a nonrenewable resource?

The scientific habit of mind where you don't believe everything you're told is known as

What is a cognitive bias?

The number and variety of living things in an area is..

The relative arrangement of the members of a statistical population is the

A larger ________ makes it more likely that a sample reflects the ____________.

Which part of an experiment exists to serve as a basis for comparison?

Environmental science is a _____ field of study because many types of scientists work together.

Calculated by adding up all of the data in a group and dividing by the number of group members

The study of how organisms interact with their ecosystems is known as

Scientist check each other's work in a process known as

In "The Tragedy of the Commons," the author argued that the short term desires of individuals..

The study of how humans impact organisms and their ecosystems is known as

The law of supply and demand states that when the supply of a natural resource decreases..

________ means society living in a way that preserves a fair amount of resources for the future

A natural resource is _________ if it is replenished faster than we use it.

_______ is the collection and classification of data that are in the form of numbers

Which characteristic below is typical of a "developed" nation?

If an experiment would be impractical or immoral to conduct, a ___________study could be done.

Factors that should be kept the same between control and experimental groups in an experiment