Environmental History

Independent variable 

• condition or factor that is manipulated by a scientist during an experiment. 
• experimental data collected through observation and measurement. 
• condition that is controlled so that it does not change during an experiment. 
• proposed explanation or answer to a scientific question. 

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Our effect on the environment - a combination of what we consume, and the waste we produce.

• Ecological Fingerprint
• Ecological Footprint
• Ecological Image
• Ecological History

Rachel's book Silent Spring is about...

• a quiet spring.

• how harmful DDT is.

• birds dying due to pesticides and the spring being silent without their song.

• birds losing their voices because of the pesticides being sprayed by farmers.

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The book that made Rachel famous was..

• Under the Sea Wind.

• The Sea around Us.

• Silent Spring.

He is known as the father of wildlife management and developed the conservation ethic

• Aldo Leopold

• John Muir

• Gifford Pinchot

• Theodore Roosevelt

This man was a preservationaist and largely responsible for having Yosemite added as a national park.

• Aldo Leopold

• John Muir

• Gifford Pinchot

• Theodore Roosevelt

The author of the Tragedy of the Commons

• Erin Brockovich

• Rachel Carson

• Lois Marie Gibbs

• Garrett Hardin

To repair damage to a functioning state .

• reclamation

• reconciliation

• restoration

• rehabilitation

• remediation

To return to normal condition/ function.

• reclamation

• reconciliation

• restoration

• rehabilitation

• remediation

Encourage biodiversity in human-dominated ecosystems. * live together.

• reclamation

• reconciliation

• restoration

• rehabilitation

• remediation