WorksheetsChapters 1 and 2 study guide
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 5hrs 45mins
The group that does not receive the experimental treatment in an experiment is the
Control group
Experimental group
Variable
Values
In an experiment, the factor of interest is called the
Variable
Control group
values
Experimental group
A model of a dinosaur at a museum is an example of a (a) model.
Principles or standards we consider important are known as
Values
Variables
Controls
Experimental
Which step in the experimental method are scientists conducting when photographing dogs running?
(a)
Good scientists demonstrate the habit of mind called ____________________ when they do not
believe everything they are told.
Skepticism
Observing
Values
Variables
The experimental method includes which of the following steps?
Observing
Supply and demand
Hypothesizing; Predicting
Making a model; decision making
Experimenting; communicating results
Risk is
The probability of something unwanted happening
The probability of something wanted happening
Hypothesizing
Predicting
A systematic process you can use to help you make decisions about environmental issues.
Decision making model
Hypothesizing; predicting
Supply and demand
The experimental process
A good hypothesis is more than a guess.
TRUE
FALSE
Developed countries often have:
Hardin's essay Tragedy of the Commons; addressed conflicts related to
Protecting shared resources
Loss of biodiversity, pollution, resource depletion
Oil prices increasing
How humans interact to things around us
Sustainability is
State in which a population can survive indefinitely
Loss of biodiversity
Protecting shared resources
Law of supply and demand
What are the 3 major categories of environmental problems
Loss of biodiversity
Protecting shared resources
Pollution
Hunter gatherers
Resource depletion
Name a developing nation?
(a)
Undesirable change in air, water or soil is called
(a)
What is Environmental Science?
Study of how humans interact to things around us
loss of biodiversity
Supply and demand
decision making
Humans who lived in tribes, using fires to maintain the prairies.
(a)
Numeric information gathered in an experiment.
(a)
