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| What term describes a social movement dedicated to protecting the natural world |
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| Why environmental science is considered an interdisciplinary field |
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| Borrows techniques from other disciplines |
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| What has happened to resources consumption in the last several hundred years |
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| What are natural resources that are naturally replenished over time called |
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| What are the steps are usually near the beginning of a scientific investigation |
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| observing and questioning |
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| What is the difference between and independent and dependent variables |
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| independent variable (manipulates) dependent depends on the condition |
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| What happens after a scientist submits results for publication in a scientific journal |
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| The examine the publication |
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| What is the difference between a theory and a hypothesis |
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| A theory is extensive testing and hypothesis |
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| A set of moral principals or values is called |
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| Describe an issue the environment justice movement would deal with |
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| Shorten it to wealthy countries imposing pollution in poorer countries |
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| Material that has mass and occupies space called |
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| What is the complex cycle that circulates nutrients to the environment called |
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| they produce their own food |
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| What are the most common sources of phosphorus |
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| What is the nitrogen gas converted into during the nitrogen fixing bacteria |
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| soybeans, clover, and legums |
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| What is the difference between exponential and logistic growth |
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| Exponential-fixed percentage of growth each year Logistic- slowed down by limiting factors |
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