Module 0 Vocabulary Review

the sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life

the field of science that looks at interactions among human systems and those found in nature

location on earth with interacting biotic and abiotic components

living

nonliving

social movement that seeks to protect the environment

the field of study that includes environmental science and environmental policy, economics, literature, and ethics

the ability to do something without jeopardizing the ability of future generations to engage in similar activities

an objective way to explore the natural world, draw inferences from it, and predict the outcome of certain events, processes, or changes

a testable conjecture about how something works

any categories, factors, or traits that differ in the natural world or in experimental situations

a variable that is not dependent on other factors that you are trying to study

a variable that is dependent on other factors that you are measuring

a prediction that there is no difference between the groups of conditions that are being compared

a group that experiences exactly the same conditions as the experimental group, except for the single variable under study

a natural event acts as an experimental treatment in an ecosystem

a procedure where scientists take several, repeated sets of measurements

the number of times a measurement is replicated in data collection

how close a measured value is to the actual or true value

how close the repeated measurements of a sample are to one another

an estimate of how much a measured or calculated value differs from a true value

the process of making general statements from specific facts or examples

the process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations

a hypothesis that has been repeatedly tested and confirmed by multiple groups of researchers