Environmental Science

Is the systematic process for learning about the world and testing our understanding about it

• Observational Science

• Science

• Descriptive Science

• Environmental Science

Most scientific work is observational science or ___ based on information gathering

• Environmental Science

• Descriptive Science

• Hypothesis Driven Science

Scientists pursue ___ when they are trying to answer scientific questions using the scientific method if enough is known about a subject

• Observational Science

• Descriptive Science

• Hypothesis Driven Science

The scientific method is a technique for testing ideas with observations and involves several assumptions and a series of interrelated steps.

• True

• False

What are the steps to the scientific method?

A statement that explains a phenomenon or answers a scientific question

• A prediction

• Experiment

• Data

• Hypothesis

A specific statement that can be directly and unequivocally tested

• Prediction

• Experiment

• hypothesis

The variable that the scientist manipulates

• Independent

• Dependent

The application of ethical standards to relationships between people and nonhuman entities is known as environmental

• Justice

• Ethics

• Standards

Describes a human centered view of our relationship with the environment

• Anthropocentrism

• Biocentrism

• Ecocentrism