Key Skills in Environmental Management

Fill in the blank: Information that is expressed as numbers is called __________.

• numerical data

• text

• symbols

• letters

Data that deviates from what is expected is called ____

• outlier

• anomaly

• error

• abnormality

A relationship or link between two sets of data is called ________.

• correlation

• causation

• deviation

• regression

A line indicating the general relationship between two sets of data is called a ________.

• trend line

• data line

• correlation line

• regression line

The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement is called ________.

• critical thinking

• emotional reasoning

• subjective analysis

• intuitive judgment

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

A characteristic that is considered important, and by which something may be judged or decided. Fill in the blank: ________

• criterion

• hypothesis

• assumption

• theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

A sentence in a paper or essay which introduces the main topic or argument to the reader. Fill in the blank: ________

• Thesis statement

• Conclusion

• Introduction

• Summary

To suggest or express something indirectly or without saying it. Fill in the blank: ________

• imply

• explicit

• declare

• announce

An argument that is given in response to another argument, in order to support a viewpoint. Fill in the blank: ________

• Counterargument

• Rebuttal

• Assertion

• Hypothesis

A question that is asked in order to create a dramatic effect, or to make a point, rather than to get an answer is called a ________.

• rhetorical question.

• hypothetical question.

• leading question.

• open-ended question.