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- values
- principles or standerds that we consider important
- geochemistry
- a branch of geology,is the study of the chemistry of material such as rocks, soil, and water
- risk
- the probability of an unwanted outcome
- mean
- the number obtained by adding the data for a charatistic and dividing this sum by the numbers of individuals
- biochemistry
- is the study of the chemisty.
- botany
- the study of plant.
- prediction
- a logical statement about what will happen if the hypothesis is correct
- troposphere
- almost all weather occurs in this area.
- ecological footprint
- shows the productive area of Earth needed to support on person in a particular area.
- correlations
- associations between two or more events
- Zooology
- the study of animals.
- observation
- a piece of info that we gather using our senses
- data
- the info that a scientist gathers during an experiment
- biodiversity
- refers to the number and variety of species that live ina an area
- decision making models
- s conseptual model that providesa systematic process for making desicions.
- conceptual model
- verbal or graphical explanation of how a system works or is organized
- conduction
- is the flow of heat from a warmer object to a colder object when placed in direct contact
- variable
- the factor of intrest
- hydrology
- is the study of earths water resources.
- geosphere
- the solid pair of the earth that consists of all rocks, as wekk s the soild and loose rocks on earths
- experimental group
- the group that recieves the experimental treatment
- geology
- is the study of the earths, interior process, and history
- law of supply and demand
- states that the greater the demand for a limited supply of something, the more that thing is worth
- mathematical model
- one or more equations that represents that way a system or process works
- distributation
- the relative arrangement of the members of a statical population
- probability
- the chance of something happening
- agrculture
- is the practice of growing, breeding, and caring for plants and animals.
- pollution
- is an udisired change in air, water and soil, that adversaly effects the health of living things.
- experiment
- a procedure designed to test a hypothesis under controlled conditions
- sustainability
- the condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive
- statistics
- the collection and classification of data that are in the form of numbers
- convection
- is the transfer of heat by air currents. heat rises cold sinks.
- Enviornmental science
- the study of the impact of humans on the enviornment.
- microbiolgoy
- study of microorgansisms.
- sample
- a group of individuals or events selected to represent the population
- models
- representations of objects or systems
- hypothesis
- a testable idea or explanation that leads to a scienctific explanation
- ozone
- reduces the amount of uv rays that go to the earth.
- stratosphre
- tempature rises as altitude increase.
- paleontology
- is the study of fossils and ancient life
- climatology
- is the study of the earthsatmosphere and climate.
- control group
- the group that doesn't recieve the experimental treatment
- Ecology
- is the study of how living things interact with each other and with their nonliving enviornment
- radiation
- is the transfer of energy across space and in the atmosphere.