ISS 310 exam 1 msu || with 100% Errorless Answers.
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Course
ISS 310
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ISS 310
environment correct answers all the living and nonliving things around us
environmental science correct answers How the natural world works
How the environment affects humans and vice versa
natural resources correct answers substances and energy sources needed for survival
i.e. solar energ...
dependent variable correct answers depends on the independent variable
controlled experiment correct answers control (an unmanipulated point of comparison)
treatment (manipulated point of comparison)
peer review correct answers other scientists judge the work
conferences correct answers scientists interact with others
grants and funding correct answers from private or government sources, intense competition
, Repeatability correct answers others try to reproduce the results
ethics correct answers the set of moral principles or values that defines right and wrong for a
person or group
relativists correct answers ethics varies with social context
universalists correct answers notions of right or wrong remain the same across cultures and
situations
ethical standards correct answers help us determine good behavior from bad behavior; what we
ought to do
environmental ethics correct answers the application of ethical standards to relationships
between humans and their environment
three ethical perspectives correct answers anthropocentrism: only humans have rights
biocentrism: certain living things have value
ecocentrism: whole ecological systems have value
sustainability correct answers living within our planet's means
lithosphere correct answers rock and sediment
atmosphere correct answers the air that surrounds the earth
hydrosphere correct answers All the water on earth
biosphere correct answers the planets living organisms plus the abiotic parts they interact with
feedback loop correct answers a circular process in which a system's output serves as input to
that same system
negative feedback loop correct answers Stabilizes a system: output that results when the system
moves in one direction acts as an input that moves the system in the other direction
positive feedback loop correct answers Drives a system further toward an extreme instead of
stabilizing it
matter correct answers all material in the universe that has mass and occupies space
law of conservation of matter correct answers Matter is not created nor destroyed in any
chemical or physical change
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