CH 1: Our Island, Earth And the Process of Science

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The environment includes… 1.Only living things 2.Only nonliving things 3.Anything with which an organism interacts 4.Everything except for manmade things 5.All natural things except for humans

A person studying the ocean to determine the levels of pollution would be… 1.An environmentalist 2.An environmental scientist 3.Skeptic 4.Hypothesis 5.Mermaid

Which is a nonrenewable natural resource? 1.Trees 2.Cotton 3.Gold 4.Fresh water

Participant Scores 300Jeremy Leiter200Seth Guyer 300Matthew Dunklebarger200Maggie Courts 300Oliver Coller200Christopher Milliken 300Rachel Massie100Thomas Brown 300Garrett McAulay100Alea Wagner 200Landon Wagner100Jessica McElwee 200Maximilian Mondy100Logan Witherite 200Jason Dorey0Keisy Cordon 200Daniel Robson0Cassidie Cain 200Kelsy Poorman

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Which is a renewable natural resource? 1.Rechargeable batteries 2.Coal 3.Plastic bags 4.Soil

Participant Scores 700Jeremy Leiter300Jessica McElwee 625Matthew Dunklebarger225Alea Wagner 625Oliver Coller100Thomas Brown 500Maximilian Mondy100Cassidie Cain 500Jason Dorey75Garrett McAulay 500Seth Guyer50Landon Wagner 500Maggie Courts0Keisy Cordon 350Daniel Robson0Christopher Milliken 350Kelsy Poorman0Rachel Massie 300Logan Witherite

An ecological footprint involves the land & water to provide for… 1.Basic needs 2.Everything a person consumes 3.The trash a person creates 4.All of the above 5.None of the above

If we use are resources wisely so they can be replenished, it is considered… 1.Sustainable 2.Ethical 3.Theoretical 4.Ecological

Materials and energy provided by nature 1.Ecological footprint 2.Sustainability 3.Environment science 4.Natural resources

Participant Scores 1000Jeremy Leiter350Landon Wagner 925Oliver Coller325Alea Wagner 925Matthew Dunklebarger300Logan Witherite 800Seth Guyer300Jessica McElwee 600Maggie Courts100Thomas Brown 600Maximilian Mondy100Christopher Milliken 600Jason Dorey75Garrett McAulay 550Kelsy Poorman0Rachel Massie 550Daniel Robson0Keisy Cordon 400Cassidie Cain

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The depletion of an unregulated resource is… 1.Ethical 2.The tragedy of the commons 3.Renewable 4.An ecological footprint 5.Industrial Revolution

Participant Scores Matthew Dunklebarger587.5Alea Wagner Oliver Coller537.5Landon Wagner 1500Seth Guyer500Cassidie Cain 1300Maximilian Mondy300Christopher Milliken 1300Jason Dorey300Thomas Brown Daniel Robson100Rachel Massie 850Maggie Courts100Keisy Cordon 787.5Kelsy Poorman75Garrett McAulay 700Logan Witherite0Jeremy Leiter 625Jessica McElwee

What caused the population growth at point A? 1.Hunter-gatherer lifestyle 2.The invention of gunpowder 3.Extinction of the dinosaurs 4.The agricultural revolution

What happened at point B? 1.Bubonic plague 2.WWII 3.Asteroid struck earth 4.People stopped having children 5.Alien abduction

What happened at point C that caused the rapid population growth? 1.Invention of gunpowder 2.Modern sanitation 3.Industrial revolution 4.Invention of the automobile

The laws of nature can change without warning. 1.True 2.False 3.Depends on the law 4.Not enough information

John caught 4 fish for his family. This is an example of _________ data. 1.Quantitative 2.Qualitative 3.Reliable 4.Natural 5.Peer reviewed

Scientific ideas change to… 1.Reflect new evidence 2.Self-correct 3.Improve 4.All of the above 5.Scientific ideas do not change.

Participant Scores Oliver Coller825Jessica McElwee Matthew Dunklebarger800Cassidie Cain 1800Seth Guyer800Christopher Milliken 1700Jason Dorey787.5Alea Wagner 1500Maximilian Mondy600Rachel Massie Daniel Robson500Jeremy Leiter 1250Maggie Courts500Keisy Cordon Kelsy Poorman475Garrett McAulay Landon Wagner300Thomas Brown 1000Logan Witherite

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Scientists only deal with the natural world. 1.True 2.False 3.Depends on the experiment 4.Not enough information

Participant Scores Oliver Coller0Maggie Courts 1800Seth Guyer0Maximilian Mondy 800Cassidie Cain0Garrett McAulay Alea Wagner0Keisy Cordon Kelsy Poorman0Rachel Massie 425Jason Dorey0Landon Wagner 412.5Jessica McElwee0Thomas Brown Daniel Robson0Jeremy Leiter 200Christopher Milliken0Logan Witherite 0Matthew Dunklebarger

What is the central theme of science? 1.Putting ideas to the test 2.Discovery 3.Forming hypothesis 4.Gaining knowledge

A testable idea attempting to explain or answer a scientific question is… 1.Theory 2.Correlation 3.Variable 4.Hypothesis

A scientist should be skeptical of ideas. 1.True 2.False 3.Depends on the idea 4.Not enough information

Repeating experiments to get consistent, reliable results is… 1.Peer review 2.Self-correction 3.Replication 4.A controlled experiment

Participant Scores Oliver Coller300Landon Wagner 1900Seth Guyer200Jeremy Leiter 1100Cassidie Cain200Maximilian Mondy 812.5Jessica McElwee200Maggie Courts Kelsy Poorman100Garrett McAulay Daniel Robson100Logan Witherite 625Jason Dorey100Thomas Brown Alea Wagner0Keisy Cordon 500Christopher Milliken0Rachel Massie 300Matthew Dunklebarger

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Which is not part of the process of science? 1.Test hypothesis 2.Ask a question 3.Form hypothesis 4.Proving theories 5.Peer review 6.Draw Conclusions 7.Analyze data

Participant Scores Oliver Coller0Maggie Courts 2000Seth Guyer0Garrett McAulay Jessica McElwee0Matthew Dunklebarger Jason Dorey0Daniel Robson 1100Christopher Milliken0Maximilian Mondy 1100Cassidie Cain0Keisy Cordon 500Jeremy Leiter0Landon Wagner Kelsy Poorman0Alea Wagner 100Thomas Brown0Logan Witherite 0Rachel Massie

Analysis of data from experiment

Which statement is true about variable 1 and variable 2? 1.V1 caused V2 to go up. 2.V2 caused V1 to go up. 3.V1 is correlated with V2. 4.V1 and V2 are unrelated.

Analysis of data from experiment

Variables that stay the same throughout an experiment are… 1.Controlled 2.Dependent 3.Independent 4.Qualitative 5.Quantitative

In a controlled experiment, all variables stay the same except… 1.Two 2.The independent variable 3.The dependent variable 4.The controlled variable 5.None of the above

Participant Scores Oliver Coller200Garrett McAulay 2100Seth Guyer200Rachel Massie Jessica McElwee200Logan Witherite 1300Christopher Milliken200Daniel Robson 1300Cassidie Cain200Matthew Dunklebarger Jason Dorey100Maximilian Mondy 600Jeremy Leiter100Alea Wagner 300Landon Wagner0Keisy Cordon 300Thomas Brown0Maggie Courts Kelsy Poorman

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In the Mythbusters clip of elephants and mice, which is the independent variable? 1.Timing of rolling the dung 2.Path of the elephant 3.Reaction of the elephant 4.Presence of the mouse 5.None of the above

Participant Scores 2725Seth Guyer300Alea Wagner Oliver Coller285.94Kelsy Poorman Jason Dorey200Daniel Robson 1400Christopher Milliken0Maggie Courts 1300Cassidie Cain0Keisy Cordon 1300Jeremy Leiter0Thomas Brown 500Garrett McAulay0Landon Wagner 500Rachel Massie0Logan Witherite Jessica McElwee0Matthew Dunklebarger 300Maximilian Mondy