Scientific Method and the Biosphere

The ___________ makes up all of the water on or near the Earth's surface.

Major fields tht contribute to Environemntal Science

A procedure designed to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions.

A logical statemnt about what will happen if a hypothesis is supported

The number obtained by adding the data for a characteristic and divding the sum by the number of individuals.

A molecule made up of three. oxygen atoms is called

Any material produced natrually that is utilized to benefit humanity

The lithosphere is divided into pieces called _________ _________.

The layer of a mixture of gases that surround the eearth is called the _____.

Three types of models used by scientists.

What are the three main categories of envirnomental problems?

One or more equations that represent the way a system or process works.

The study of how living things interact with each other and their nonliving environment.

A basic rule of economics thst states the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more it is worth.

In scientific terms,_________ the probability of an unwanted outcome.

The concentration of dissolved salts in the ocean si s known as _____.

______________ __________________ is a conceptual model that provides a systematic process for making deciscions.

Conduction is the transfer of energy as electromagnetic waves.

The practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals that are used for food, clothing, & other purposes

The collectoin and classification of data that are in the form of numbers

The information that scientists gather during an experiment, which is often in numeric form is called

The group that receives the experimental treatment is called

Most of the water on Earth is salt water in the ocean. A little more than 3 percent of all water on earth is ___ ____

What are two types of ocean currents.

The industrial revolution was characterized by a shift from human and animal pwer to power by fossil fuels.

_________________ ________________ wears down rocks, making them smoother as time passes.

THe transfer of energy that takes places when variations in temperature move matter making up the air.

The continous movement of water into the air, onto land, and then back to water sources is known as the

____________ are principles or standards that we consider important.

The chance that something will happen

The solid part of Earth that consist of all rock, as well as soils and loose rocks on Earth's surface, make sup the ___.

Above the troposhere is the

Eathquakes are caused by shifts in the tectonic plates along fault lines.

When water vapor forms droplets in dust particles in the atmosphere as it cools.

The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that the human population can survive indefinitely

Hypothesis

When water falls from the sky as rain, snow, sleet, or hail it is called

In order for a resource to be considered renewable it must renw in our lifetime,

An important effect of the agricultural revolution was

The process by which liquid water is heated by the sun and then rises into the atmpshere as water vapor is known as___.

The transpprting of mateirals that have been weathered elsewhere.

Ecological footprint

The industrial revolution allowed human population to grow exponetially.

Any undesired change in the air, water, or soil that adversely affects the health and survival of humans or organisms.

The study of the environment that includes physical, biological, and social sciences.

The number and variety of species that live in an area

A verbal or graphicsl explanation of how a system works.

Which of the following is not a greenhouse gas?

The first step of the siceintifc method is

An important effect that Hunter-gatherers may have had on the environemtn was

A sample is a group of individuals or events selected to represnt the population.

Information gathered using our senses

The thin later of the earth composed mostly of light elements.

The Greenhouse effect is the process in which gases absorb and reradiate infared radiation near the Earth.

A large scale volcanic eruption can cool the global climate.

How do wind and water alter the Erth's surface

Associations between two or more events are known as

The atomspheric layer nearest the Earth's surface is called_____.

Earth's onnermost layer is

The narrow layer around the Earth's surface where life can exist.

Earth's outer layer is

One result of the agricultural revolution is that people began to settle into towns.

The group that does not receive the exerpimental treatment is called

the relative arrangment f the members of a statistical population.

The factor of interest in an experiment.

The layer beneath the crust , it makes up 68 percent of the mass of the Earth.

Three mechanisms of energy transfer in the Earth's atmoshere

Compositional layers of the earth.

The transfer of energy in the form of heat from a warmer object to a colder object through physical contact

The _____________ is the layer beneath the lithosphere.

A major envirnmental effect of hunter-gatherers was extinction.

Models are not representations of objects or systems.