Across
- 2. the variable you are changing in an experiment
- 6. logical guess
- 8. the branch of knowledge that deals with moral principles
- 11. The production of machinery allowed for advances in medicine, agriculture, and other technologies
- 12. the variable you are measuring in an experiment
- 18. places value on the ecosystem or community as a whole rather than individuals
- 19. Watching something carefully to gain information
- 21. the ability of an ecosystem to regulate air, soil, or water quality, provide flood control or disease control
- 22. replacing what’s used at the same rate
- 25. When a shared (common) resource is unregulated, individuals will consume it at a selfish rate
- 26. natural resources that are naturally replenished over short periods of time
- 29. a term used to describe the way in which scientists gather and use information
- 31. all living things and the nonliving things with which they interact
- 32. provides the necessities to allow an ecosystem to function
- 33. the amount of a resource available
- 35. goods that humans use directly from the ecosystem
- 36. a measure of the demands made by one person or group on global natural resources
- 37. policies focused on the threat of punishment if rules are not followed
- 38. explains a phenomenon and is supported by many different fields of evidence
- 39. looks for patterns or rules in the natural world
Down
- 1. policies that are a combination of both regulations & incentives
- 3. rules put in place to regulate the effects of human activities on the environment
- 4. The variable you are keeping the same in an experiment
- 5. the encouragement of an environmentally friendly activity through subsidies or tax breaks
- 7. non-material benefits that people obtain from the ecosystem
- 9. data in numbers, measurements
- 10. an individual at the same level of education or specialization
- 13. deciding whether a decision is worth what is gained
- 14. places value on each and every organism, including humans
- 15. data in descriptions, words
- 16. the number of people that are willing to purchase or use that resource
- 17. Humans shifted from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to live in communities, raise livestock and plant crops
- 20. places the most value on human populations and human welfare
- 23. natural resources that take a long time to replenish
- 24. a logical way of thinking about the world.
- 27. A purely scientific study of natural environments
- 28. compares new things to the rules of the natural world
- 30. activism A social movement in which people or organizations advocate for protection of the natural environment
- 34. a testable explanation for a question or problem