ENVS 200|134 Questions With Complete Solutions

science - ️️a systematically organized body of knowledge on a particular subject -process, doesn't provide proof but tests alternative explanations (disproves) ecology - ️️greek "house", "study" -scientific study of the distribution and abundance of organisms environmentalism - ️️concern and action aimed to protect the environment applied ecology - ️️considered the application of the science of ecology to real world (management) questions -integrates ecological, social and biotechnological aspects first law of ecology - ️️everything is connected to everything else anthropocene - ️️current geological age where human activity has been the dominant influence on climate and the environment -over 75% of ice feed land is altered -glacial melting/sediment scientific method - ️️Observation, Question, Hypothesis, Predictions, Test, Evaluation, Hypothesis rejected or accepted scientific names - ️️NAME: Genus (cap), epithet (no cap). Classification: kingdom