UBCO EESC 101 Midterm 1 || with Errorless Solutions 100%.
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Biotic correct answers living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
Abiotic correct answers nonliving things such as moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, and soil
Environment Canada correct answers the department of the federal government that is most directly responsible for...
UBCO EESC 101 Midterm 1 || with Errorless Solutions
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Biotic correct answers living things, such as plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria
Abiotic correct answers nonliving things such as moisture, temperature, wind, sunlight, and soil
Environment Canada correct answers the department of the federal government that is most
directly responsible for the protection of the environment
Environmental Science correct answers the study of how the natural world works, how our
environment affects us, and how we affect our environment
Environmentalism correct answers a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world
—and, by extension, humans—from undesirable changes brought about by human choices
Natural resources correct answers the substances and energy sources provided by the
environment that are of economic value, and that we need for survival and for the functioning of
our modern society.
Resource management correct answers strategic decision-making and planning aimed at
balancing the use of a resource with its protection and preservation.
Stock correct answers the harvestable portion of a resource
Goods correct answers tangible material things that can be extracted from the environment
Services correct answers functions and processes that are useful or even vital in the support of
living organisms
Carrying capacity correct answers a measure of the ability of a system to support life.
Tragedy of the commons correct answers Each individual withdraws whatever benefits are
available from the common property as quickly as possible until the resource becomes overused
and depleted
Ecological footprint correct answers expresses the environmental impact of an individual or a
population in terms of the area of land and water required to provide the raw materials that
person or population consumes, and to absorb or recycle their wastes, including direct and
indirect impacts
Biocapacity correct answers The capacity of a terrestrial or aquatic system to be biologically
productive and to absorb waste
,Sustainable development correct answers meets the needs of the present without sacrificing the
ability of future generations to meet their needs
Biodiversity correct answers cumulative number and diversity of living things
Scientific method correct answers a technique for testing ideas by making observations and by
gathering evidence
Hypothesis correct answers an educated guess to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific
question
Predictions correct answers specific statements that can be directly and unequivocally tested
Experiment correct answers an activity designed to test a prediction by manipulating variables
Variables correct answers conditions that can change
Casual relationships correct answers changes in one variable cause predictable changes in
another variable
Independent variable correct answers the variable the scientist manipulates
Dependent variable correct answers the variable that depends on the independent variable
Controlled experiment correct answers the scientist controls for the effects of all variables except
the one being tested—the dependent variable.
Control correct answers compare the results of the experiment to an identical circumstance that
has not been manipulated
Correlation correct answers searching for relationships and patterns among variables
Data correct answers Pieces of information, especially information gathered by a researcher to be
used in testing a hypothesis.
Quantitative data correct answers information expressed numerically
Qualitative data correct answers information that is not easily expressible numerically
Manipulative experiment correct answers an experiment in which the researcher actively chooses
and manipulates the independent variable
Peer review correct answers when a researcher's done with their work other scientists who
specialize in the topic examine the work, giving comments and criticism and judge whether the
work merits publication
, Theory correct answers a widely accepted, well-tested explanation of one or more cause-and-
effect relationships, which has been extensively validated by extensive research.
Matter correct answers all of the material in the universe that has mass and occupies space,
whether solid, liquid, or gaseous
Conservation of matter correct answers matter may be transformed from one type of substance
into others, but it cannot be created or destroyed
Element correct answers a fundamental type of matter, a chemical substance with a given set of
properties, which cannot be broken down into substances that have other properties
Atoms correct answers the smallest components that maintain the chemical properties of that
element
Protons correct answers positive charge
Neutrons correct answers no charge
Electrons correct answers negative charge
Atomic numbers correct answers defined number of protons
Isotopes correct answers atoms with the same number of protons but differing numbers of
neutrons
Half-life correct answers the amount of time it takes half of radioisotopes to decay
Ions correct answers electrically charged atoms or combinations of atoms
Compound correct answers A molecule composed of atoms of two or more different elements
Bond correct answers when atoms combine chemically
Covalent bond correct answers when atoms share electrons
Organic compounds correct answers consist of carbon atoms (and generally hydrogen atoms)
joined by covalent bonds, often with other elements, such as nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur, and
phosphorus
Energy correct answers the capacity to change the position, physical composition, or temperature
of matter—in other words, a force that can accomplish work
Potential energy correct answers energy of position
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