ESRM 304 final question with complete solution graded A+ 2023 already passed

ESRM 304 final question with complete solution graded A+ 2023 already passed What is science? - correct answer Accumulating knowledge, identifying an interesting pattern in knowledge, justifying/rejecting theories and explanations Why is the scientific approach needed? - correct answer To work across disciplines; statistical methods is the language of research/ common in all fields Nature of experiments - correct answer Hypothesis, experimental design, experimental execution, statistical analysis, interpretation / re-hypothesis manipulative experiments - correct answer Randomization, representation, replication, have the potential to reveal causation Natural experiments - correct answer Large scale, no randomization, no replication, capable of revealing associations only The Three R's of experiments - correct answer Randomization, representation, replication IKONOS imagery - correct answer Satellite used to collect high resolution imagery, can be more accurate than field collected estimates leaf area index - correct answer ratio of total upper leaf surface of a plant divided by the surface area of land on which it grows. Correlated to NPP, rainfall interception, carbon sequestration, process-based ecological models Three basic navigation measurements - correct answer Direction, distance, elevation Azimuths vs bearings - correct answer Degrees from 0-360 vs N 50 W thing