Environmental biology Georgia Southern Final
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One way to create electricity from the sun is by focusing sunlight onto a pipe
or tower using mirrors. The pipe gets so hot that it can boil water into steam.
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1 solar thermal 2 Environment
3 Biodiversity 4 Hypothesis
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Terms in this set (56)
, Environment The sum of your surroundings
Environmental biology/science scientific study of how plants and animals interact
with the environment and respond to human
activities
Stakeholders any persons or groups who will be affected by an
action
Science A way of learning about the natural world
Hypothesis A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Cause and effect The reason something happens and the result of it
happening.
Toxin a poison that can harm an organism
Peer review a review by people with similar professional
qualification
Carrying capacity Largest number of individuals of a population that a
environment can support
Ecological footprint the impact of a person or community on the
environment, expressed as the amount of land
required to sustain their use of natural resources.
Sustainable able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
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Practice questions for this set
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One way to create electricity from the sun is by focusing sunlight onto a pipe
or tower using mirrors. The pipe gets so hot that it can boil water into steam.
Choose an answer
1 solar thermal 2 Environment
3 Biodiversity 4 Hypothesis
Don't know?
Terms in this set (56)
, Environment The sum of your surroundings
Environmental biology/science scientific study of how plants and animals interact
with the environment and respond to human
activities
Stakeholders any persons or groups who will be affected by an
action
Science A way of learning about the natural world
Hypothesis A testable prediction, often implied by a theory
Cause and effect The reason something happens and the result of it
happening.
Toxin a poison that can harm an organism
Peer review a review by people with similar professional
qualification
Carrying capacity Largest number of individuals of a population that a
environment can support
Ecological footprint the impact of a person or community on the
environment, expressed as the amount of land
required to sustain their use of natural resources.
Sustainable able to be maintained at a certain rate or level
