Miami University BIO 121 Exam #1 Questions with Correct Answers

Scientific Inqiry Correct Answer Continues ways of studing things Hypothesis Correct Answer A statement that attempts to explain a phenomenon or answer a scientific question. Testable question Observation Correct Answer Watching things happen, colection of what is around you Prediction Correct Answer Specific statement that can be directly and unequivocally tested Theory Correct Answer Widely accepted, well-tested explanation of one or more cause-and-effect relationships that has been extensively validated by a great amount of research. Enviornmental Science Correct Answer The study of everything living and not living in the enviornment Enviornmental Problem 1 Correct Answer Human Population growth Enviornmental Problem 2 Correct Answer Pollution Enviornmental Problem 3 Correct Answer Abuse of resources and Natural Systems Sateration Point Correct Answer When an ecosysteem can't sustain growth Indicator Correct Answer When nature strikes back through harsh weather. Pollutant Correct Answer Anything that is not naturally found in the enviornment Downstream effect Correct Answer Expoosure to polution sauses this Perpetual resouce Correct Answer Goes on forever (sun, wind, etc.) Renewable resouce Correct Answer Must be used at a sustainable rate in order to replenish Nonrenewable resouce Correct Answer Formed sso slowly that they can not be replenished in out lifetime Ecologically Productive Land Correct Answer Land that produces resources for us to live