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Exam 3 - Pt. 1
General Main Concepts
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Science
Undergraduate 1
04/07/2014

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Assumptions of science
Definition

1) natural causality

2) uniformity in space and time

3) common perception

Term
science
Definition
organized systematic enterprise that gathers knowledge about the world and condeses the knowledge into testable laws and principals
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scope of science
Definition
not absolute truth
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natural selection
Definition
ones that blend in dont get ate off
Term
2nd law of thermodynamics
Definition
90% of useful energy lost after every level
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carrying capactity
Definition
number of individuals in one speciest that a place can support in an area overtime
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MLK quote
Definition
unlike previous plagues and diseases, the modern plague of over-popultaion cannot be sustained. We know what we need to do; now we have to have the desire to do it.
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Environmental Science
Definition
interactions bewteen humans and ecological systems
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