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Human leisure Activities
Social/Cultural Value
Educational Value
Environmental Value
Recreational Value
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When making an environmental decision, listing positive and negative consequences can help you.
Predict risks involved
Make Observations
Collect data for a graph
Weigh your values
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Testable explanation for an observation
Prediction
Hypothesis
Data
Experiment
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Scientists use experiments to
All of the above
Analyze Data
Communicate ideas to others
Graph Data
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The decision-making model
All of the above
Is a conceptual model
Provides a systematic process
Helps you make decisions
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Procedure used to test a hypothesis
Observation
Data
Prediction
Experiment
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The accumulation, sharing of knowledge
Environmental Value
Ethical/Moral Value
Educational Value
Social/Cultural Value
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By examining ________ scientists can test predictions
Correlations
Observations
Variables
Control Group
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The maintenance of human communities, their values, and their traditions
Environmental Value
Social/cultural value
Educational Value
Recreational Value
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Information gathered in an experiment
Experiment
Prediction
Hypothesis
Data
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What is Risk?
The probability that something wanted to happen
the collection of numerical data
The probability that something unwanted will happen
A group of similar things of interest
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This type of model includes maps and charts
Mathematical model
Conceptual Model
Physical Model
Graphical Model
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A flow chart is this type of Model
Graphical Model
Physical Model
Conceptual Model
Mathematical Model
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In an experiment, the factor of interest is called the
Experimental Group
Hypothesis
Variable
Control Group
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Information gathered by using the senses
Data
Prediction
Observation
Experiment
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The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the
Control Group
Variable
Data
Experimental Group
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Principles or standards we consider important are known as
Models
Values
Morals
Data
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One important scientific habit is the ability to conceive of new ideas called
Imagination
Intellectual honesty
Curiosity
Skepticism
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Which of the following is not ahabit of mind of a good scientist?
Creativity
Openness to new ideas
Skepticism
Intellectual Predictability
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Which step in the environmental decision-making model should include reading newspapers ?
Gathering Information
Exploring Consequences
Considering Values
Evaluation all the information
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Which model is particularly useful in scientific cases with many variables?
Physical Model
Graphical Model
Mathematical Model
Conceptual Model
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The classification and collection of data that are in forms of numbers
Probability
Statistics
Distristribution
Mean
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Logical statement about what will happen
Prediction
Hypothesis
Observation
Experiment
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The protection of natural resources
Ethical/Moral Value
Educational Value
Recreational Value
Environmental Value
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Equation representing how a process works
Conceptual Model
Physical Model
Mathematical Model
Graphical Model
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A three-dimensional representation you can touch
Graphical Model
Physical Model
Mathematical Model
Conceptual Model
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To get an accurate result, a sample size must be
Greater that the mean
Equal to the mean
Small enough to give an accurate estimate
large enough to give an accurate estimate
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When studying a system, a conceptual model can help scientists understand
How data is collected
What components a system contains
None of the above
How the system components affect each other
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What is right or wrong
Social/Cultural Value
Educational Value
Recreational Value
Ethical/Moral Value
