Across
- 5. An indicator that describes the current state of an environmental system. (2 words)
- 7. A testable theory or supposition about how something works.
- 9. The sum of all the conditions surrounding us that influence life.
- 10. The process of making general statements from specific facts or examples.
- 11. A measure of how much an individual consumes, expressed in area of land. (2 words)
- 12. How close the repeated measurements of a sample are to one another.
- 13. A person who participates in environmentalism, a social movement that seeks to protect the environment through lobbying, activism, and education.
- 14. Derived from human activities.
- 16. process by which natural environments provide life-supporting resources. (2 words)
- 20. Nonliving components of an ecosystem
- 22. The diversity of life forms in an environment.
- 23. A particular location on Earth distinguished by its mix of interacting biotic and abiotic components.
- 24. The evolution of new species
Down
- 1. The average rate at which species become extinct over the long term. (3 words)
- 2. A gas in Earth’s atmosphere that traps heat near the surface. (2 words)
- 3. The field of study that includes environmental science, environmental policy, economics, literature, and ethics, among others. (2 words)
- 4. An estimate of how much a measured or calculated value differs from a true value.
- 6. How close a measured value is to the actual or true value.
- 8. The data collection procedure of taking repeated measurements.
- 15. The process of applying a general statement to specific facts or situations.
- 17. Living on Earth in a way that allows humans to use its resources without depriving future generations of those resources.
- 18. The number of times a measurement is replicated in the data collection process. (2 words)
- 19. Any set of interacting components that influence one another by exchanging energy or materials.
- 21. Living components of an ecosystem