Week 2 Vocab
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A law of economics that states that as the demand for a good or service increases, the value of the good or service also increases.
Law of Supply and Demand
A calculation that shows the productive area of Earth needed to support one person in a particular country.
Ecological Footprint
The condition in which human needs are met in such a way that a human population can survive indefinitely.
Sustainability
The process of obtaining information by using the senses; the information obtained by using the senses.
Observation
A testable idea or explanation that leads to scientific investigation.
Hypothesis
A statement made in advance that expresses the results that will be obtained from testing a hypothesis if the hypothesis is supported; the expected outcome if a hypothesis is accurate.
Prediction
A procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to discover, demonstrate, or test a fact, theory, or general truth.
Experiment
A factor that changes in an experiment in order to test a hypothesis.
Variable
In an experiment, a group that is identical to a control group except for one factor and that is compared with the control group.
Experimental Group
In an experiment, a group that serves as a standard of comparison with another group to which the control group is identical except for one factor.
Control Group
Any pieces of information acquired through observation or experimentation.
Data
The linear dependence between two variables.
Correlations