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APES VOCAB Questions and Answers environment the circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or group of organisms as well as the complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an individual or community environmental science the systematic, scientific study of our environ...

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APES VOCAB Questions and Answers
environment - answer the circumstances or conditions that surround an organism or
group of organisms as well as the complex of social or cultural conditions that affect an
individual or community

environmental science - answer the systematic, scientific study of our environment
as well as our role in it

utilitarian conservation - answer a philosophy that resources should be used for the
greatest good for the greatest number for the longest time

biocentric preservation - answer a philosophy that emphasizes the fundamental right
of living organisms to exist and to pursue their own goods

environmentalism - answer active participation in attempt to solve environmental
pollution and resource problems

global environmentalism - answer a concern for, and action to help solve, global
environmental problems

human developement index (HDI) - answer a measure of quality of life expectancy,
child survival, adult literacy, childhood education, gender equality, and access to clean
water and sanitation as well as income

sustainable development - answer a real increase in well-being and standard of life
for the average person that can be maintained over the long-term without degrading teh
environment or compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

stewardship - answer a philosophy that holds that humans have a unique
responsibility to manage, care for, and improve nature

ecological footprint - answer a measure that computes the demands placed on
nature by individuals and nations

environmental justice - answer a recognition that access to a clean, healthy
environment is a fundamental right of all human beings

environmental realism - answer the idea that we can understand 'nature' objectively,
'as it really is' and imposing restrictions on development out of respect for the
boundaries and limits of ecological sustainability

conservation - answer consideration of landscape, human culture, topography, and
ecological values

, preservation - answer to keep safe from harm or injury, protect or spare

ecology - answer the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions
between organisms and their environment

extreme poverty - answer living on less than $1(U.S.) per day

environmental ethics - answer a search for moral values and ethical principles in
human relations with the natural world

controlled studies - answer those in which comparisons are made between
experimental and control populations that are identical in every factor except the one
factor being studied

deductive reasoning - answer deriving testable predictions about specific cases from
general principles

inductive reasoning - answer inferring general principles from specific examples

independent variable - answer a variable whose value determines the value of other
variables

dependent variable - answer a variable whose value is determined by the value of an
independent variable

carbon sink - answer places of carbon accumulation, causes carbon to be removed
from the carbon cycle for a long time

cellular respiration - answer the process in which a cell breaks down sugar or other
organic compounds to release energy used for cellular work

conservation of matter - answer matter changes form in a chemical reaction, but is
never created nor destroyed

first law of thermodynamics - answer the fundamental principle of physics that the
total energy of an isolated system is constant despite internal changes, energy is
conserved and is neither created nor destroyed under normal conditions

photosynthesis - answer the biochemical process by which green plants and some
bacteria capture light energy and use it to produce chemical bonds, carbon dioxide and
water are consumed while oxygen and simple sugars are produced

second law of thermodynamics - answer a law stating that mechanical work can be
derived from a body only when that body interacts with another at a lower temperature,

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