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(APES) Chapter 1 Introduction to APES
Questions and Answers
abiotic factors - answer non-living parts of an ecosystem

agricultural revolution - answer The time when human beings first domesticated
plants and animals and no longer relied entirely on hunting and gathering

alternative hypotheses - answer A hypothesis that specifies a claim that is
contradictory to the null hypothesis and is judged to be more plausable then the null
hypothesis is rejected

biodiversity - answer the diversity of plant and animal life in a particular habitat (or in
the world as a whole) noun
Ex. "a high level of biodiversity is desirable"

biotic factors - answer living parts of an ecosystem

control - answer standard used for comparison of test results in an experiment

controlled experiment - answer a test of the effect of a single variable by changing it
while keeping all other variables the same

correlation - answer statistical relation between two or more variables such that
systematic changes in the value of one variable are accompanied by systematic
changes in the other

data - answer a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn

dependent variable - answer in an experiment, the factor whose value changes
because of a change in the independent

ecological footprint - answer - expresses the environmental impact of an individual or
a population in terms of the cumulative amount of land and water required to provide the
raw materials consumed and to recycle the waste produced

- sum of the amount of earth's surface used once all direct and indirect impacts are
totaled
- we are delepeting our resources much faster than they are being replenished

ecology - answer both manipulative and natural experiments are used.
deals with the distribution and abundance of organisms and the interaction among
organisms and with their abiotic environments

, environment - answer all of the surrounding things, conditions, and influences
affecting the growth or development of living things

environmentalism - answer A social movement dedicated to protecting the natural
world from undesirable changes brought about by human choices

Environmental science - answer explores the interactions between humans and their
environment

environmental studies - answer is the discipline dealing with the social, political,
philosophical and ethical issues concerning man's interactions with the environment

experiment - answer a procedure that is carried out under controlled conditions to
discover, demonstrate, or test a fact, theory

fossil fuels - answer A hydrocarbon deposit, such as petroleum, coal, or natural gas,
derived from living matter of a previous geologic time and used for fuel

hypothesis - answer possible explanation for a set of observations or possible
answer to a scientific question

independent variable - answer the experimental factor that is manipulated; the
variable whose effect is being studied

industrial revolution - answer began in the mid 1700s, shifting from a
rural,agricultural life to an urban society powered by fossil fuels

thomas Malthus - answer Author of Essay on the Principle of Population (1798) who
claimed that population grows at an exponential rate while food production increases
arithmetically, and thereby that, eventually, population growth would outgrow food
production.Argue that a growing population would eventually be checked by
famine,disease, or war

manipulative experiment - answer an experiment in which the researcher actively
chooses and manipulates the independent variable

natural experiment - answer an experiment in which nature, rather than an
experimenter, manipulates an independent variable. when variables cannot be
manipulated

natural resources - answer Things found in nature, such as land, water, forests, and
minerals that are used for survival

natural sciences - answer intellectual and academic disciplines designed to explain
and predict events in our enviroments

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