FNR science and enviorment 1/15

Environment

External living and nonliving factors affecting an organism

Ecosystem

Organisms and abiotic conditions in specific locations

Ecology

Science by which we study how organisms interact in and with the natural world

Ecologists

Impartially applies scientific method to examine interactions among living things and environment

Enviormental scientist

Scientists to study environment and our relationship (cause/effect) trying to solve environmental problems

Environmentalist

Person working in social or political area to reduce negative human impact on environment

Conservation plans must be-

Scientifically valid, politically feasible and economically affordable

Scientifically valid

Proof of problems and solutions to actually work

Empiricism

Learning through observation of real phenomena

Uniformitarianism

Basic patterns and processes are uniform across time and space

Parsimony

If multiple plausible explanations exist the simplest one is preferable

Uncertainty

Knowledge changes as new evidence appears, and explanations change with new evidence

Repeatability is key in experiments through scientific method

True

Proof is elusive/can be changed based on new evidence

True

Results are only considered real if there’s more than a 5% chance it could occur randomly

False, results are only considered real if there’s less than a 5% chance it could occur randomly, 95% threshold theory

Once an experiment yields the result you expected, you can assume your hypothesis was correct

False, you can only ever disprove your hypothesis